Brief Life History of George
When George Pugmire was born on 22 May 1900, in Riverside, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, George Young Pugmire, was 33 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Merkley, was 34. He married Evelyn Lorraine Laabs on 4 October 1933, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Pocatello Election Precinct 7, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 22 December 1968, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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- George Pugmire, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Pugmire, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- George Pugmire, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1902
Treaty of Vereeniging ends the second Anglo-Boer War. The Transvaal and Orange Free State are made self-governing colonies of the British Empire.
1918
Founding of Afrikaner Broederbond, a secret, exclusively male and white Protestant organization in South Africa dedicated to the advancement of Afrikaner interests.
Name Meaning
English (northern): variant of Pogmore, a habitational name from Pog Moor in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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