Brief Life History of Marjorie Ann
When Marjorie Ann Watford was born on 8 November 1928, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, her father, Lewis Samuel Watford, was 25 and her mother, Annie Mae Bair, was 20. She lived in Zion Township, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 24 December 2004, in Bamberg, Bamberg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Orangeburg, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Marjorie A Watford, "United States 1950 Census"
- Marjorie Ann Watford Bradbury, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mrs Margie Bradburg, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
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.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Watford in Hertfordshire or from the much smaller place so called in Northamptonshire. Both placenames may derive from Old English wāth ‘hunting’ or (ge)wæd ‘place for wading’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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