Brief Life History of Clyde Ora
When Clyde Ora Balkey was born on 25 October 1896, in Jackson Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States, his father, Elmer Warren Balkey, was 27 and his mother, Ellen Mae Zug, was 21. He married Sally Opal Poteet on 31 December 1922, in Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Adams Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Gallatin Township, Clay, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 June 1986, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Gladstone, Clay, Missouri, United States.
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- Clyde O Balkey, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clyde O. Balkey, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Clyde Balkey, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Behnke and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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