Dorothy M. Dillon

Female1933–December 2015

Brief Life History of Dorothy M.

When Dorothy M. Dillon was born in 1933, in Williston, Wallette, Dakota Territory, United States, her father, Lloyd Barton Dillon, was 30 and her mother, Inez T. Dillon, was 19. She married George Rex Powell on 9 May 1954, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Williston, Williams, North Dakota, United States in 1935 and Round Prairie Township, Williams, North Dakota, United States in 1950. She died in December 2015, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

George Rex Powell
1929–2016
Dorothy M. Dillon
1933–2015
Marriage: 9 May 1954
Lorinda Lee "Lori" Powell
1954–2006
Douglas Powell
1960–2013

Sources (5)

  • Dorothy M Dillon, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dorothy Powell in entry for Lorinda Or Lori Martin Powell, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Dorothy Dillon in household of Lloyd Dillon, "United States Census, 1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 May 1954Multnomah, Oregon, United States
  • Children (2)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1935 · The FBI is Established

    Age 2

    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.

    1935 · The Social Security Act

    Age 2

    This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

    1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

    Age 22

    The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

    Name Meaning

    English, Irish, and French: from the Norman French personal name Dillon, arising from the ancient Germanic Dillo (of uncertain origin, perhaps a byname from the root dil- ‘destroy’).

    English: habitational name from Dilwyn in Herefordshire, recorded in 1138 as Dilun, probably from Old English dīglum, dative plural of dīgle ‘settlement at the shady or secret places’.

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duilleáin ‘descendant of Duilleán’, a personal name, a variant of Dallán meaning ‘little blind one’.

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

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