Brief Life History of John Albert
When John Albert Downing was born on 13 August 1924, in Merna, Custer, Nebraska, United States, his father, William Strickler Downing, was 29 and his mother, Bernice Esther Downey, was 29. He married Amelia Mae Weigant on 22 April 1946, in Oregon, United States. He lived in Salem Election Precinct 7, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1967. He died on 20 August 2007, in Tillamook, Oregon, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Saint Andrews Catholic Cemetery, Custer, Nebraska, United States.
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- John A Downing in household of William Downing, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Albert Downing, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
- John Albert Downing, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1944 · Congress Passes the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project
The Flood Control Act of 1944 was passed and would later be called the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. It was named after the authors of the program Lewis A. Pick and William Glenn Sloan. It began as two separate plans but they both had the idea for an irrigation system that would help with the flooding of the Missouri River.
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
Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing, Douning (Old English Dunning, a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn ).
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill, an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’, equivalent to Downer . This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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