Brief Life History of Joann
When Joann Gayton was born on 19 September 1938, in Georgia, United States, her father, Silas Jackson Gayton, was 51 and her mother, Alma A. Segars, was 28. She lived in District 819, Bartow, Georgia, United States in 1940 and District 1031, Cherokee, Georgia, United States in 1950. She died on 28 October 2014, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Jo Ann Gayton in household of Silas Gayton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joann King, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Joann Gayton King, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1942 · Germans Sink Ships Near St. Simons Island
Lights from homes along the coast of St. Simons Island provided a clear view of the SS Oklahoma for German U-boat Captain Reinhard Hardegen on April 8, 1942. A German torpedo was fired at the SS Oklahoma shortly after midnight. An hour later, a second torpedo was fired at the oil tanker Esso Baton Rouge. Both ships sunk and the attacks left 22 seamen dead. After the incident, residents of the Golden Isles panicked over concern of a German Invasion of the coast and were stringently observant of a nighttime blackout.
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Rafael, Cesar, Alfredo, Ana, Apolonio, Ezequiel, Fernando, Francisco, Gregorio, Gustabo, Jesus, Jose.
English: habitational name from any of several places in Cheshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called Gayton, or from Gayton le Marsh or Gayton le Wold in Lincolnshire. The Northamptonshire and Staffordshire placenames are from an Old English personal name Gǣga + tūn ‘farmstead’; the others are from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + tún ‘farmstead’.
In some cases possibly also French: diminutive of Gayte, a southern variant of guette ‘watch’, and hence an occupational name for a watchman.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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