Catherine H Mimnaugh

Female1935–11 January 2016

Brief Life History of Catherine H

When Catherine H Mimnaugh was born in 1935, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States, her father, Walter John Mimnaugh, was 31 and her mother, Mary Catherine Lynch, was 36. She married Stephen J Zaffuto in July 1957, in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States. She died on 11 January 2016, in Garwood, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Saint Gertrude Cemetery and Mausoleum, Colonia, Woodbridge Township, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

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Stephen J Zaffuto
1936–2012
Catherine H Mimnaugh
1935–2016
Marriage: July 1957

Sources (2)

  • Catherine Memnaugh in household of Walter Memnaugh, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Catherine Zaffuto, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    July 1957Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1935 · The FBI is Established

    Age 0

    The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

    1938

    Age 3

    The infamous radio debut of War of the Worlds (an adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles) was broadcast from New Jersey. The drama program was framed as a news broadcast describing an alien invasion, which reportedly caused panic among a small subset of listeners that tuned in late. However, the newspaper industry exaggerated reports of the confusion to make it sound widespread. It's believed that the newspaper industry was attempting to take advantage of the situation to discredit the reliability of radio broadcasting.

    1958 · Construction of Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal

    Age 23

    In 1958, the Port Authority commissioned an expansion of Port Newark after successful experiments showed that standardized cargo containers could be stacked on ships. The Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal was opened on August 15, 1962 as the world's first container port, and quickly became known as America's Container Capital.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Muimhneach, a habitational name for someone from the province of Munster. This form of the surname is not found in Ireland and is rare in Britain.

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

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