Norman Ames

Male10 October 1924–20 April 2011

Brief Life History of Norman

When Norman Ames was born on 10 October 1924, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, his father, Norman Ames Yeakey, was 34 and his mother, Louise Dulaney, was 36. He lived in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States in 1930 and East Rockaway, Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 20 April 2011, in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Norman Ames
1924–2011
Muriel Combs
1924–2016

Sources (5)

  • Norman A Yeakey Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mr Norman Ames, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Norman Ames, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 3

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Age 5

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

Age 23

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

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Amis or from the feminine form, Amice. The Old French word amis, is from Latin amicus ‘friend’, which was used in Late Latin as a term for a man of the lower classes, in particular a slave. There were also derivatives of this as personal names, in particular masculine Amicius and feminine Amicia. Both were in use as personal names in England and may have contributed to the surname.

German: perhaps a nickname for an active person, from an ancient Germanic word related to Old High German amazzig ‘busy’.

Dutch: possibly a patronymic from Ame a common personal name in Holland and Friesland, an abbreviated form of an ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps beginning with amel ‘strong’.

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

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