Brief Life History of Ira Clyde
When Ira Clyde Sturgeon was born on 6 May 1918, in Buchanan, Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Harrison Sturgeon, was 37 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Williams, was 28. He married Essie Dotson on 20 December 1941, in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 7, Pike, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 14 April 2009, in Freeburn, Pike, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Board Tree, Pike, Kentucky, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ira Sturgeon, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Ira C Sturgeon, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk): from Middle English sturgeon ‘sturgeon’ (Old French esturgeon), a nickname related to some characteristic of this fish.
In some cases also an altered form Sturgill , a surname of English origin.
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Breton or French Turgeon .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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