Brief Life History of Dorothy
Dorothy Truhn was born on 14 February 1919, in Hustontown, Dublin Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Peter Barton and Lilian Barton. She had at least 1 son with Kenneth Truhn. She died on 5 August 2017, in Lady Lake, Lake, Florida, United States, at the age of 98.
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Kenneth Truhn
1918–2016
Dorothy Truhn
1919–2017
Brian Truhn
1947–
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1920
Age 1
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II
Age 22
Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
Age 26
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Ukrainian, Rusyn, and Belorussian Trukhan, Polish and Slovak Truchan ‘turkey’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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