Richard C Clifton

Brief Life History of Richard C

When Richard C Clifton was born on 2 October 1909, in Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States, his father, John Phillip Clifton, was 28 and his mother, Alice Louise Laugel, was 27. He married Flossie Brown on 14 November 1948, in Knox, Indiana, United States. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 19 December 1995, in Knox, Indiana, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Vincennes, Vincennes Township, Knox, Indiana, United States.

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Richard C Clifton
1909–1995
Flossie Brown
1918–1993
Marriage: 14 November 1948

Sources (8)

  • Richard Clifton in household of John Clifton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Richard C Clifton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Richard C Clifton, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1910 · The Mann Act

This Act makes engaging in transport of any woman for any immoral purpose, prostitution, illegal. Its primary intent was to address prostitution, immorality, and human trafficking, particularly where trafficking was for the purposes of prostitution.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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