Brief Life History of Arthur Clyde
When Arthur Clyde Pierce Sr was born on 23 June 1916, in El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States, his father, Arwell Lee Pierce, was 34 and his mother, Mary Brentnall Done, was 31. He married Mary Joiner on 2 October 1945, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He immigrated to World in 1941. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 14 January 2002, in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Arthur C Pierce, "United States 1950 Census"
- Arthur Clyde, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Arthur Clyde Pierce, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1918 · Chapman Branch Library
The Chapman Branch Library is a Carnegie library that was built in 1918 and is now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1939 · Britain Enters World War II
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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