Brief Life History of Theodore Robinson “Ted”
When Theodore Robinson “Ted” Pape Jr was born on 6 June 1919, in Oakville, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, his father, Theodore Robinson Pape, was 24 and his mother, Hallie Lorene Palmerton, was 25. He married Doris Ann Davey on 13 May 1944, in Pierce, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1930 and Fircrest, Pierce, Washington, United States for about 1 years. He died on 6 April 2007, in Mercer Island, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Theodore Pape, "United States Census, 1930"
- Theodore Palmerton Pape, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Theodore Robinson Pape, Jr, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
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.
Name Meaning
North German, Dutch, English (mainly northern), and French: nickname from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch pape ‘priest, cleric’, Old French pape ‘pope’, possibly for a person thought dignified or magnificent, or for someone with a severe or pompous manner, or perhaps a pageant name for someone who had played the part of a pope or priest. Compare Papa and Pope .
English (mainly northern), North German, and Dutch: from an ancient Germanic personal name Pap(p)o of uncertain origin, which occurs as the first element of the placename Papworth (Cambridgeshire) and Papendrecht (South Holland).
English (mainly northern): nickname from Middle English pap(e), pappe ‘gruel, porridge, baby food’ (Old French papa) related to pappe ‘breast’ (from Latin papilla), perhaps for someone who lacked the teeth for more substantial food.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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