Vestina Brock

Female1942–1976

Brief Life History of Vestina

When Vestina Brock was born in 1942, in Beverly, Bell, Kentucky, United States, her father, James Brock, was 21 and her mother, Maudie Marie Hubbard, was 21. She lived in Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1950. She died in 1976, in Beverly, Bell, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Bell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kitt Brock
1928–1989
Vestina Brock
1942–1976

Sources (4)

  • Lestine Brock, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Vestina Brock, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Vestina Brock in entry for Mr Jim Brock, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 0

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 · Kentucky Dam is Completed

Age 2

The Kentucky dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Tennessee River between Livingston and Marshall counties in Kentucky. It was completed August 30,1944.

1952 · Atomic Energy Plant is Built Near Paducah

Age 10

The atomic energy plant near Paduch, Kentucky was built in 1952. It produced enriched uranium and later nuclear fuel for commercial power plants.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .

English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.

Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .

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

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