Gallie Ralph Owens

Brief Life History of Gallie Ralph

When Gallie Ralph Owens was born on 13 September 1922, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States, his father, Gallie Owens, was 39 and his mother, Iva Hatten, was 29. He married Orange Marie Frye on 7 September 1959, in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Wayne, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Union District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 8 December 1998, at the age of 76, and was buried in Kenova, Wayne, West Virginia, United States.

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Gallie Ralph Owens
1922–1998
Orange Marie Frye
1914–1989
Marriage: 7 September 1959

Sources (10)

  • Ralph Owens in household of Galley Owens, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Gallie Ralph Owens, "West Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
  • Gallie R Owens, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

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.

Name Meaning

Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).

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

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