Brief Life History of Jerry Eugene
When Jerry Eugene Lane was born on 31 January 1941, in Crandall, Kaufman, Texas, United States, his father, Loren Edward Lane, was 30 and his mother, Pearl Jane Fortner, was 26. He married Janice Marie Lusk on 20 September 1960, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States. He died on 27 September 2008, in Seagoville, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Jerry E Lane, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jerry Eugene Lane, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Jerry E Lane, "Texas Marriages, 1966-2010"
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1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
1949 · 1950s Texas Drought
One of most intense, costly, and devastating droughts ever recorded in the state of Texas. The entire state was in a state of drought by the summer of 1951. Less than 30-50% of the normal rainfall was received during this period. The state was plagued with dust storms similar to those from the infamous Dust Bowl. The drought ended in a destructive manner throughout 1957; storms, hail, tornadoes, and deadly floods.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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