Brief Life History of George Yeager
When George Yeager Sheffield was born on 22 June 1930, in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, his father, Horace W Sheffield, was 23 and his mother, Georgia Christina Coffing, was 18. He lived in Beat 3, Warren, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 1 November 2001, in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (9)
- George Y Sheffield, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Y Sheffield, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- George Yeager Sheffield in entry for Horace W, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1939 · First Oil Well in Mississippi Located in Yazoo County
Fredric F. Mellen was a geologist that was surveyed a clay and minerals project. While doing this he instead struck oil and started the oil industry in Mississippi.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name principally from Sheffield (Yorkshire), but perhaps also from Sheffield Bottom in Burghfield (Berkshire), or Sheffield Park in Fletching (Sussex). The Yorkshire place takes its name from the river Sheaf, itself from Old English scēath ‘boundary’, + Old English feld ‘open country’, while the Berkshire placename derives from Old English scēo ‘shelter’ + feld. The Sussex placename comes from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + feld.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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