Brief Life History of Verna Jane
When Verna Jane Dome was born on 13 January 1931, in Pfeifer, Ellis, Kansas, United States, her father, August Dome, was 31 and her mother, Anna VonFeldt, was 29. She married Edward Everett "Eddie" Befort on 7 June 1948. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Freedom Township, Ellis, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Great Bend Township, Barton, Kansas, United States in 1950. She died on 20 June 1999, in Osborne, Osborne, Kansas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Downs Cemetery, Downs, Osborne, Kansas, United States.
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- Verna J Befort, "United States 1950 Census"
- Verna Jane Dome Befort, "Find A Grave Index"
- Verna Defort in entry for August Dome, "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012"
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1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
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
Americanized form of German Dohm .
Altered form of French Daumé: unexplained. Compare Domer 2, Domey , and Domin 4.
Hungarian (Döme): from a pet form of the personal name Demeter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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