Brief Life History of Joseph Walter
When Joseph Walter Ennis was born on 22 December 1946, his father, Raymond Willard Ennis, was 30 and his mother, Wanda Edith Johnson, was 25. He died on 8 October 1948, in Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in Masontown Cemetery, Masontown, Preston, West Virginia, United States.
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- Joseph Walter Ennis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph W. Ennis, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
- Joseph W. Ennis, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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World Events (3)
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.
1947 · The CIA is Established
The Central Intelligence Agency was created because the U.S. government had need for a group to help detect and subdue any potential threats to the nation.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aonghuis ‘son of Angus’, see McGinnis and compare Angus and Hennessy .
English: perhaps a variant of Ince , or Henney with loss of initial H- and the addition of a post-medieval excrescent -s, or a variant of Enos .
Cornish: from any of various places in the western half of Cornwall called Ennis, Enys, Ninnes, etc., from Cornish (an) enys ‘(the) island’. The Saint Gluvias family is certainly from Enys in Saint Gluvias parish.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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