Brief Life History of Robert Eldon
When Robert Eldon Cowgill was born on 7 January 1934, in Spring Gap, Hampshire, West Virginia, United States, his father, Delmar Riley Cowgill, was 23 and his mother, Hazel Marie Hockenberry, was 21. He married Elizabeth Anne Haines on 12 February 1955, in Pasquotank, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Hampshire, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 13 April 1985, in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 51.
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- Robert E Cowgill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert Eldon Cowgill, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Robert Eldon Cowgill, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1935 · The Social Security Act
This Act was created a basic right to a pension in old age, and insurance against unemployment.
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
English Yorkshire and Lancashire: habitational name from any of the places called Cowgill in Yorkshire; all are named with Old Norse gil ‘narrow valley, ravine’ with various first elements including Old English cū ‘cow’ and Old English col ‘(char)coal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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