Brief Life History of William Derwood
When William Derwood Buck was born on 15 July 1896, in Benton, Arkansas, United States, his father, Jonathan Harrison Buck, was 24 and his mother, Elzora A Hollowell, was 21. He married Goldie Iva Crawford on 19 January 1920, in Benton, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Shawnee Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 23 November 1979, in Lynwood, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Rose Hill, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- William D Buck, "United States 1950 Census"
- William D Buck, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William Derwood Buck, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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