Brief Life History of Clyde Lynal
When Clyde Lynal Miles was born on 12 February 1895, in Charles City County, Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Miles, was 30 and his mother, Hattie Truman Ladd, was 20. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Katie Pearl McCauley. He lived in Varina District, Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 17 August 1987, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Sandston, Henrico, Virginia, United States.
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- Clyde L Miles, "United States Census, 1950"
- Clyde L. Miles, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Clyde Lynal Miles, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Mile + genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or from its other Old French form Miles, a derivative of ancient Germanic Milo, based on the element mil, from mel ‘good, generous’. The Old French oblique case form was Milon (see Milon 1). Compare Millen and Millson .
English: variant, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, of Myhill , from a vernacular form of the Biblical name Michael . Miles Coverdale, the translator of the Bible, when in Germany, called himself Michael Anglus (‘the Englishman’).
Irish (Louth and Kilkenny): when not the same as 1 or 2, it is sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maolmhuire, see Myles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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