Brief Life History of William Clyde
When William Clyde Carr was born on 10 September 1915, in Liberty Township, Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, John Rufus Carr, was 49 and his mother, Julia Ann Barrett, was 40. He married Marie Whitley on 17 March 1938, in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Fairfield, Fairfield, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 15 April 2003, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States.
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- William C Carr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clyde Carr, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- William C Carr, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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