Brief Life History of Ross Lynn
When Ross Lynn Covington Sr. was born on 18 March 1917, in Hibbard, Madison, Idaho, United States, his father, Ross Berrill Covington, was 19 and his mother, Esther Jane Knapp, was 19. He married Thelda Larsen on 31 May 1949. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Magisterial District 1, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1940 and Plano, Madison, Idaho, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1943. In 1940, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as employer: church of jesus christ of latter day saints in Riverdale Park, Prince George's, Maryland, United States. He died on 28 February 1997, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Rose L Covington, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ross L Covington, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Ross Lynn Covington, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
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.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Huntingdonshire named Covington, from an Old English personal name Cofa + Old English -ing- denoting association + tūn ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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