Brief Life History of B F
When B F Hand was born on 29 November 1926, in Whiteflat, Motley, Texas, United States, his father, Melvin Franklin Hand, was 46 and his mother, Leah Anna Morris, was 34. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Nolan, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 27 March 1974, in Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States, at the age of 47.
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Sources (5)
- B F Hand in household of M F Hand, "United States Census, 1930"
- B F Hand, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- B F Hand, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Dutch: nickname for someone with a peculiarity or deformity of the hand or perhaps to skill in its use, from Middle English hond(e), hand(e), Middle High German hant, found in such appellations as Johan metter hant (Rijkhoven 1284), Liebhard mit der Hand (Augsburg 1383).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from German Hand ‘hand’ (see 1 above).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fhlaithimh (see Guthrie ), as a result of association with the Gaelic word lámh ‘hand’. It is used as an English equivalent for several other names of Gaelic origin too, such as Claffey , Glavin , and McClave .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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