Bertram Robert Firestone

Brief Life History of Bertram Robert

When Bertram Robert Firestone was born on 18 August 1931, his father, Joseph Firestone, was 27 and his mother, Anna Cohen, was 27. He married Lynn Belnap on 25 August 1955, in Wayne, Indiana, United States. He died on 12 July 2021, in West Palm Beach, Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 89.

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Bertram Robert Firestone
1931–2021
Diana Melville Johnson
1932–2023
Marriage: 6 November 1974

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  • Bertram R, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015"
  • Bertram R Firestone, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Bertram Firestone in entry for Mrs Ann Cohen Firestone, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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1932

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

1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II

Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

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

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Feuerstein ‘flint’.

History: The rubber manufacturer Harvey Samuel Firestone, who established the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1900 in Akron, OH, came from an Alsatian family on his father's side; Nicholas Firestone was an immigrant in PA in 1752.

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

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