Brief Life History of Gordon Kearl
When Gordon Kearl Ashley was born on 19 November 1913, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Dr. George Frederick Ashley, was 37 and his mother, Mary Jane Kearl, was 34. He married Anna RaeDell Evans on 9 September 1936, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in East Montpelier Election Precinct, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1940 and World for about 5 years. He died on 30 May 1983, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- Gordon Kearl Ashley, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Mr. Gordon Kearl Ashley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Gordon Kearl Ashley, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (especially in southern and central England) named Ashley, from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of French Canadian Asselin 2.
In some cases also an Americanized form of German Eschler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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