Edward Prier Worthen

Brief Life History of Edward Prier

When Edward Prier Worthen was born on 7 June 1924, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Edward Worthen, was 30 and his mother, Edith May Pryor, was 24. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 28 August 2006, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Edward Prier Worthen
1924–2006
Helene Gagne

Sources (8)

  • Edward Worthen in household of Charles E Worthen, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Edward P Worthen, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
  • Edward P Worthen, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Old English worthign ‘enclosure, homestead’ or a habitational name from any of several places so named, such as Worthen in Shropshire or Worthing in Norfolk.

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

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