Brief Life History of Charles Theodore
When Charles Theodore Dover was born on 10 December 1941, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, his father, Ernest D. Dover, was 23 and his mother, Inez Thompson Curtis, was 27. He lived in Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 10 June 2003, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Charles T Dover, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles Theodore Dover, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Theodore C Dover, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
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
English: habitational name from either the port of Dover in Kent, named from the river on which it stands, Celtic dubrās meaning ‘the waters’ (which has become modern Welsh dwfr ‘water’), or Dover in Wigan, Lancashire.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhuidhir or Mac Duibhidhir; see Dwyer .
Americanized form of German Dauer or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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