Brief Life History of Charles Herbert
When Charles Herbert Gurney was born on 3 October 1902, in Oklahoma, United States, his father, Lester Robert Gurney, was 27 and his mother, Mary Lorenda Cullens, was 23. He had at least 1 son with Lela Pearl Perry. He lived in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Noble Township, Marshall, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died on 29 July 1960, at the age of 57, and was buried in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.
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- Herbert Gerney, "United States Census, 1940"
- Herbert Gurney, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Herbert Charles Gurney, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin):
habitational name from Gournay-en-Brai in Seine-Maritime in France.
perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Great Gornhay, in Tiverton (Devon); see Garnsey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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