Roger Weaver

Male28 October 1914–31 July 1986

Brief Life History of Roger

Roger Weaver was born on 28 October 1914, in Florida, United States. He married Ethel Jospehine Roberts on 18 June 1939, in Red Level, Citrus, Florida, United States. He died on 31 July 1986, in his hometown, at the age of 71.

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Roger Weaver
1914–1986
Ethel Jospehine Roberts
1920–2004
Marriage: 18 June 1939

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  • Marriage
    18 June 1939Red Level, Citrus, Florida, United States
  • World Events (3)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1917

    Age 3

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II

    Age 27

    Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

    English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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