Brief Life History of George Isaac
When George Isaac Dana was born on 8 September 1910, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, his father, Charles Morris Dana, was 28 and his mother, Zina Robinson, was 26. He married Eva Cummard on 12 December 1936, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1950. He died on 12 February 1994, in Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- George I Dana, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dara, "Arizona, Birth Certificates, 1909-1917"
- George Isaac Dana, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of English Dawney or Dawnay (see Dawn ), cognates of French Daunay (see Donais ).
Czech and Slovak (Daňa); Polish and Hungarian: from a short form of the personal name Daniel (Hungarian Dániel), or perhaps from a short form of any of various Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’, for example Czech Danomír and Bohdan, Polish Bogdan .
Albanian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from danë (definite form dana) ‘pincers’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Her Testimony and Dana Posterity- George Dana by Helen Millett Dana-Oct 31, 1959
Newly ordained Bishop of the Tempe Ward of the Maricopa Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, son of Charles Dana. My recollections, associations and experiences with this family. …
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