William Woodside Brightly Jr

Male6 April 1937–8 January 2007

Brief Life History of William Woodside

When William Woodside Brightly Jr was born on 6 April 1937, in New Jersey, United States, his father, William Woodside Brightly, was 22 and his mother, Alice Isabelle Steele, was 20. He married Margaret Gwynn Harmon on 30 November 1957, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1940 and Wayne Township, Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1950. He died on 8 January 2007, in Palm Beach, Florida, United States, at the age of 69.

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Family Time Line

William Woodside Brightly Jr
1937–2007
Margaret Gwynn Harmon
1939–2010
Marriage: 30 November 1957
Deborah Jean Brightly
1958–1966
Constance Brightly
Russ Brightly
Sharon Brightly

Sources (4)

  • William W Brightly, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William W Brightly, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • William Woodside Brightly, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 November 1957Greene, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1938

    Age 1

    The infamous radio debut of War of the Worlds (an adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles) was broadcast from New Jersey. The drama program was framed as a news broadcast describing an alien invasion, which reportedly caused panic among a small subset of listeners that tuned in late. However, the newspaper industry exaggerated reports of the confusion to make it sound widespread. It's believed that the newspaper industry was attempting to take advantage of the situation to discredit the reliability of radio broadcasting.

    1941

    Age 4

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act

    Age 19

    With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Brightley in Okehampton or Brightley Barton in Chittlehampton (both Devon).

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

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