Brief Life History of John William
When John William Rogers Sr was born on 30 March 1925, his father, John Sublet Rogers, was 23 and his mother, Ethel Brown, was 20. He lived in Williamston, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 1 December 1999, at the age of 74, and was buried in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- John W Rogers in household of Johnie Rogers, "United States Census, 1930"
- John W Rogers, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- John William Rogers Sr in entry for Sara Rogers Phibbs, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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