Earl M O’Brien

Brief Life History of Earl M

Earl M O’Brien was born on 11 September 1937, in Muskegon, Michigan, United States. He married Carol Ann Tanis on 6 August 1955, in Angola, Pleasant Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States. He lived in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States in 1950. He died on 4 November 2019, in Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Earl M O’Brien
1937–2019
Carol Ann Tanis
1938–2003
Marriage: 6 August 1955

Sources (7)

  • Earl M Obrien, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Earl M O'Brien, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • Earl O'Brien in entry for Mr Herbert Or Spike Ogle, "Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006"

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World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store

Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

1959 · Motown Records

Berry Gordy founded Tamla Records in Detroit with an $800 loan from his family on January 12, 1959. Gordy was inspired by the assembly line he worked on. He would imagine a kid off the street coming into his company and leaving a star. Tamla Records and Motown labels were incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. As a record producer, Gordy signed acts such as the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder, and went on to be the highest earning African American business.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briain ‘descendant of Brian’, a personal name probably based on the element bre- ‘hill’, with the transferred sense ‘eminence’, i.e. ‘exalted one’. See also Bryan . In Ireland there has also been some confusion with O’Byrne ( see Byrne ).

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

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