Lorraine Catherine Bixby

Female7 April 1927–15 August 2007

Brief Life History of Lorraine Catherine

When Lorraine Catherine Bixby was born on 7 April 1927, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Harold Richardson Bixby, was 32 and her mother, Anna Louise Jensby, was 28. She had at least 2 daughters with William Russell Petersen. She lived in Palm Bay, Brevard, Florida, United States in 2007. She died on 15 August 2007, in Melbourne, Brevard, Florida, United States, at the age of 80.

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William Russell Petersen
Lorraine Catherine Bixby
1927–2007
Catherine Petersen
Melanie Petersen

Sources (6)

  • Lorraine Bixby in household of Harold Bixby, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lorraine Catherine Bixby, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
  • Lorraine Petersen Obituary - Munster, IN | The Times

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World Events (8)

1929

Age 2

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.

1929 · St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Age 2

On the morning of February 14, seven men were shot by four men using tommy guns. Two of the men were dressed as policemen, and the others wore suits, ties, overcoats, and hats. Witnesses saw the fake police leading the other men at gunpoint out of the garage after the shooting. The massacre was planned by Al Capone to eliminate the leader of the North Side Gang. the massacre was a result of the Prohibition and the murder of one of the police officer's son.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

Age 21

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

English (Suffolk and Essex): habitational name, perhaps from Bittesby in Leicestershire. The village was depopulated in 1494 to make way for sheep pastures. The pronunciation of the surname as Bekysby (1459) and Bixby (1539) would have arisen when bearers of the name migrated away from Leicestershire. Alternatively, Bixby might be an altered form of Bigby or Bixley, a Suffolk name.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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