Glen Whitaker Garnes

Brief Life History of Glen Whitaker

When Glen Whitaker Garnes was born on 30 January 1932, in LeRoy Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Walter Frederick Garnes, was 26 and his mother, Pearl Loutios Doolittle, was 21. He married Nora Sue Phillips on 8 June 1958, in Vinton, Vinton, Ohio, United States. He lived in Jefferson District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 19 May 1992, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Berkshire Cemetery, Berkshire, Delaware, Ohio, United States.

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Glen Whitaker Garnes
1932–1992
Nora Sue Phillips
1941–
Marriage: 8 June 1958

Sources (9)

  • Glen Garnes in household of Walter Garnes, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Glen, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Glen W Garnes, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1935 · The Social Security Act

This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Gardnes in western Norway, from Old Norse garthr ‘fence, farm’ + nes ‘headland’.

English (London and Sussex): shortened form of Garnish, a nickname from an unrecorded Old French garnois, garneis of uncertain meaning.

English: alternatively, a variant of Garn , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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