Yvonne Driver

Female12 February 1925–3 May 1974

Brief Life History of Yvonne

When Yvonne Driver was born on 12 February 1925, in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, her father, Percy Stanley Driver, was 24 and her mother, Annie Beatrice Gardner, was 28. She died on 3 May 1974, in Gillingham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 49, and was buried in Gillingham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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James Ferguson
1918–1991
Yvonne Driver
1925–1974

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    World Events (7)

    1928 · Women Granted Right to Vote

    Age 3

    Women in England over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote on May 7, 1928.

    1939 · Britain Enters World War II

    Age 14

    Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.

    1940

    Age 15

    Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for a driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plow, or a driver of loose cattle, from Middle English drivere ‘herdsman; driver (of a team or vehicle)’.

    Americanized form of Dutch Drijver, an equivalent of 1.

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

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