Brief Life History of Ralph Lyons
When Ralph Lyons Corey was born on 10 May 1898, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, his father, Coleman William Corey, was 33 and his mother, Lena Belle Lyons, was 29. He married Mildred Ida Stephens on 30 June 1926, in Maine, United States. He lived in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1930 and Windham Center, Windham, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1940. He died on 15 December 1978, in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Ralph Corey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ralph L Corey, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Ralph L Corey, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: possibly from the Old Norse personal names Kori (of unexplained etymology) or Kári (from kárr ‘curl’ or ‘quarrelsome’). Alternatively, a habitational name from one or more of Curry Mallet or Curry Rivel (Somerset), West Curry or Cory in Morwenstow (Cornwall), or the river name in Coryton (Devon), all of which have early spellings with -o-.
Irish (Down; Tyrone): variant of Curry .
Americanized form of Arabic Khoury or Khouri ‘priest’. Compare Cory and Korey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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