Brief Life History of Dana Beverly
When Dana Beverly Griffin was born on 24 October 1929, in Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Thomas Garfield Griffin, was 47 and his mother, Ruth E Shaw, was 38. He married Thelma B Baker on 1 September 1963, in Maine, United States. He died on 28 April 2005, in Presque Isle, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Perham, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Dana B Griffin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dana B Griffin - Published information: birth-name: Dana B Griffin
- Dana B Griffin, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1934 · National Prohibition is Repealed
"After a long history of banning liquor, both on a state and national level, all of the ""Maine Laws"" regarding alcohol were repealed in 1934."
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Gruffin, Griffin, a pet form of Middle Welsh Gruffudd. In the Welsh border counties this name was introduced directly from Welsh, and in the eastern counties of England by Bretons from France who came over with the Norman conquest.
Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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