Brief Life History of Godfrey Carlton
When Godfrey Carlton Pulley was born on 5 September 1939, in Spring Hope, Nash, North Carolina, United States, his father, Zollie Haywood Pulley, was 41 and his mother, Eliza Madge Parrish, was 37. He lived in United States in 1935 and Mannings Township, Nash, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1959. He died on 29 January 2008, in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, at the age of 68.
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Sources (2)
- Godfrey Pulley, "United States Census, 1940"
- Godfrey Carlton Pulley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.
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: from Middle English Pulleis ‘man from Apulia’, a country in Italy, named in the Middle English as Poille, Poyle, Apuelle.
English: habitational name from Pulley in Shropshire.
Possibly also an Americanized form of German Puley: from the medieval personal name Pelagius (from Greek pelagos ‘sea’), the name of a Christian martyr.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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