Walter Goodall Driver

Brief Life History of Walter Goodall

When Walter Goodall Driver was born on 20 August 1886, in Parker, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Driver, was 25 and his mother, Mary Ann Goodall, was 23. He married Bertha Grace Elliott on 25 August 1908, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 October 1955, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hayward, Alameda, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Goodall Driver
1886–1955
Anna Marie Dupont
1900–1971
Marriage: 29 May 1937
Walter Philip Driver
1942–2003
Joann Driver

Sources (14)

  • Walter G Driver, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Walter Goodall Driver, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Walter Goodall Driver, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1893

Historical Boundaries: 1893: Riverside, California, United States

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name for a driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plow, or a driver of loose cattle, from Middle English drivere ‘herdsman; driver (of a team or vehicle)’.

Americanized form of Dutch Drijver, an equivalent of 1.

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

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