George C. Witter

Brief Life History of George C.

When George C. Witter was born on 4 July 1910, in Rock Creek Township, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States, his father, Roy Campbell Witter, was 38 and his mother, Hattie Alice Bentley, was 38. He married Virginia Alvenea Martin about 1934, in Jackson, Oregon, United States. He lived in Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 13 May 1965, in Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States.

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George C. Witter
1910–1965
Virginia Alvenea Martin
1915–2004
Marriage: about 1934

Sources (9)

  • George Witter, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • George Codding Witter, "Oregon, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • George Witter, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"

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World Events (8)

1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held

The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911. 

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.

North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.

English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .

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

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