John Leon Black

Brief Life History of John Leon

When John Leon Black was born on 6 July 1929, in Moore, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Marvin Black, was 22 and his mother, Lula Bernice McKenzie, was 17. He died on 4 December 1991, in Ellerbe, Richmond, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in West End, Moore, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Marvin Black
1906–1979
Lula Bernice McKenzie
1911–1977
John Leon Black
1929–1991
Hugh Thomas Black
1931–1934
William Marvin Black
1933–2016
Earl Robinson Black
1936–

Sources (10)

  • Johen Leon Black, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • John L Black, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • John Leon Black, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"

World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: chiefly from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man. However, Middle English blac also meant ‘pale, wan’, a reflex of Old English blāc ‘pale, white’ with a shortened vowel. Compare Blatch and Blick . With rare exceptions it is impossible to disambiguate these antithetical senses in Middle English surnames. The same difficulty arises with Blake and Block .

Scottish: in Gaelic-speaking areas this name was adopted as a translation of the epithet dubh ‘dark, black-(haired)’, or of various other names based on Gaelic dubh ‘black’, see Duff .

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames directly or indirectly derived from the adjective meaning ‘black, dark’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz and Slavic surnames beginning with Čern-, Chern- (see Chern and Cherne ), Chorn-, Crn- or Czern-.

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

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