Brief Life History of Orval Olen
When Orval Olen Parr was born on 13 October 1907, in Oregon, United States, his father, Walter Wilbert Parr, was 44 and his mother, Frances Bertha Mc Alpin, was 23. He married Henrietta Katherine Warkentin on 9 October 1926, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. He lived in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 402 Ascot Acres, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 26 June 1985, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Orvalle Parr, "United States Census, 1940"
- Orval Leno Parr, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Orval L Parr, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held
The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Parr in Lancashire, or from residence at an enclosure (Middle English parr, Old English pearr).
German: from Middle Low German parre ‘parish, district, minister's house’; a metonymic occupational name for a parson or for someone who worked in a parsonage or manse. Compare Pfarr .
English: variant of Pear with the common late Middle English and early modern English change of -er- to -ar-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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