Brief Life History of Gordon Victor
When Gordon Victor Provonsha was born on 21 August 1906, in Palisade, Mesa, Colorado, United States, his father, Archiel "Archie" Edward Provonsha, was 36 and his mother, Mary Laura Herman, was 34. He married Gladys Bates on 6 October 1931, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 10 November 1956, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Gorden Provonsha in household of Archie Provonsha, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gordon Victor Provonsha, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Gordon Victor Provoncha, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1908 · Utah's First National Monument
Natural Bridges National Monument was designated a National Monument in 1908 by President Theodore Roosevelt. It is Utah’s first National Monument but didn’t get many visitors until after the uranium boom of the 1950s. Today the Monument and its park became the first International Dark Sky Park certified by the International Dark-Sky Association.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which is derived from a place name. It is a matter of dispute whether it referred originally to the Gordon in Berwickshire or to a similarly named place in Normandy. As a given name it seems to have been taken up in honour of Charles George Gordon ( 1833–85 ), the British general who died at Khartoum.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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Artist
Son of Archie E Provonsha and Mary Hermann. Gordon was a commercial artist in the Los Angeles area from about the 1930s up until the time of his death in 1956. He and his brother Clyde went around whe …
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