Wayne J Thurston

Male15 July 1936–19 June 1999

Brief Life History of Wayne J

When Wayne J Thurston was born on 15 July 1936, in Canada, his father, Clifford Earl Thurston, was 35 and his mother, Ellen Eliza Munro, was 34. He died on 19 June 1999, in Redding, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Clifford Earl Thurston
1901–1962
Ellen Eliza Munro
1901–1990
Wayne J Thurston
1936–1999
Shirley Thurston
–2016
Terry Thurston

Sources (5)

  • WAYNE J. THURSTON, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Wayne J Thurston, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Wayne J Thurston, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 1

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

1941

Age 5

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

Age 17

The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia):

from the Anglo-Norman, Anglo-Scandinavian, and Middle English personal name Thurstan, Thorsten (Old Norse Thórsteinn, Thorsten, Anglicized as Old English Thurstān; see Thorstensen ).

habitational name from Thurston in Suffolk, so called from the genitive case of the Old Norse personal name Thóri (see Thor ) + Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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