Brief Life History of Jon Brower
When Jon Brower Minnoch was born on 29 September 1941, in Bainbridge Island, Kitsap, Washington, United States, his father, John Minnoch, was 49 and his mother, June Bernice Brower, was 39. He married Carolyn Jeannette McArdle on 31 May 1963, in Kitsap, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 10 September 1983, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- John Mennoch, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jon Brower Minnoch - Published information: birth-name: Jon Brower Minnoch
- Jon Brower Minnoch, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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World Events (8)
1942
On December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and a small band of scientists and engineers demonstrated that a simple construction of graphite bricks and uranium lumps could produce controlled heat. The space chosen for the first nuclear fission reactor was a squash court under the football stadium at the University of Chicago.
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.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German münich ‘monk’ (see Monk ), denoting someone who worked for the monks in a local monastery, or possibly a nickname for someone who had an ascetic life style like that of a monk. Compare Minich 1.
North German: from a pet form of a local form of the personal name Mein .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Croatian Minić (see Minich 3).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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