Brief Life History of Norman Vincent
When Norman Vincent Clark was born on 8 April 1930, in Montesano, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, his father, Homer Virgil Clark, was 44 and his mother, Maude Cleo Elkins, was 40. He married Maude Elizabeth Branham on 5 April 1950, in Humboldt, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Election Precinct 127 East Fruitvale, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1946. He died on 29 July 1988, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 58.
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- Norman Clarke in household of Maude Clarke, "United States Census, 1940"
- in the California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959
- Norman V Clark, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.
Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .
Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Norman Clark
Norman's 4th wife, Sonia, said Norman went to San Diego during WW II to help Vida, Virgil's wife. She wound up teaching him to drive even though he may have been under age. Sonia mentioned that he …
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