Brief Life History of Shirley Jean
When Shirley Jean Blissett was born in 1935, her father, Riley Robert Blessitt, was 36 and her mother, Martha Frances Blessett, was 30. She had at least 1 son with Richard Allen Cochran. She lived in Rensselaer, Marion Township, Jasper, Indiana, United States in 1956. She died in 1981, at the age of 46, and was buried in Monticello, Union Township, White, Indiana, United States.
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- Shirley Blissett Cochran, "Find A Grave Index"
- Shirley Jean Blissitt in entry for Paul Robert Johns, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Shirley Jean Blissit in entry for Richard Allen Cochran, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1935 · The Social Security Act
This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
from the Middle English female personal name Blisset or Blissot, apparently a pet form of Middle English bliss ‘gladness, joy’ used as a personal name.
variant of Blessed, from Middle English iblescede ‘blessed, happy, fortunate’. Compare Bleazard .
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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