Foster Milton Barrus

Brief Life History of Foster Milton

When Foster Milton Barrus was born on 29 January 1918, in Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States, his father, Emery Milton Barrus, was 28 and his mother, Udine Roene Roberts, was 25. He married Frances Audrey Bliesner on 15 August 1941, in Plentywood, Sheridan, Montana, United States. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in United States in 1949 and West Wendell Election Precinct, Gooding, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 31 October 2002, in Gardena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Foster Milton Barrus
1918–2002
Frances Audrey Bliesner
1919–2004
Marriage: 15 August 1941

Sources (38)

  • Foster M Barrus, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Foster Milton Barrus, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • Foster Milton Barrus, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1931 · The Prehistoric Minnesota Woman

The Minnesota Woman was the name given to the skeletal remains of a woman thought to be 8,000 years old found near Pelican Rapids. The bones were brought to the University of Minnesota for more study. Later, Dr. Albert Jenks identified them as the bones of a 15 or 16 year old woman. Scientists now recognize the girl as someone whose ancestors were Paleo-Indian and now her skeletal remains have been reburied in South Dakota, not available for further study.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Barrows .

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

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