Brief Life History of Dorothy Jeanne
When Dorothy Jeanne York was born on 1 June 1922, in Blanchard Township, Piscataquis, Maine, United States, her father, Percival Herbert York, was 29 and her mother, Olive Addie Taylor, was 29. She married Azel Wood Faunce Jr on 2 May 1944, in Maine, United States. She lived in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States for about 4 years and Alfred, York, Maine, United States in 1950. She died on 29 September 2004, in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York, Maine, United States.
Photos and Memories (0)
Do you know Dorothy Jeanne? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Dorothy J Faunce, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dorothy J Faunce, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Dorothy J York, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
Spouse and Children
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1928 · Camden Public Library is Opened
The citizens of Camden, Maine had voted (in 1896) to establish a free public library in the town. The land for the library to be built on was donated by Mary Louise Curtis Bok in 1916. After years of fundraising and construction, the cornerstone was finally laid on August 17, 1927. The library opened on June 11, 1928. The library remains open to this day, and is now considered a National Historic Landmark.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of York in northern England. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the Latin name Eburacum, which is probably from a Brittonic name meaning ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers, who altered it back to opacity in the form Jórvík or Jórk (English York, which became finally settled as the placename in the 13th century). The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of the East Slavic patronymic Yurkovich or its Croatian, Slovak, or Slovenian variants. Compare Yurk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names
Discover Even More
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.