James W "Bill" Vernon
4 March 1913–27 July 1974 (Age 61)
Lemoore, Kings, California, United States
The Life of James W "Bill"
When James W "Bill" Vernon was born on 4 March 1913, in Lemoore, Kings, California, United States, his father, James Hamilton Vernon, was 41 and his mother, Rhoda Francis Green, was 23. He died on 27 July 1974, in California, United States, at the age of 61.
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Family Time Line
James Hamilton Vernon
1871–1951
Rhoda Francis Green
1889–1964
Annie Elizabeth Vernon
1911–2003
James W "Bill" Vernon
1913–1974
Floyd Oliver Vernon
1914–1993
Eugene Vernon
1918–
Marvin Hamilton Vernon
1923–2004
Parents and Siblings
1871–1951Male
1889–1964Female
siblings
(5)
1911–2003Female
1913–1974Male
1914–1993Male
Eugene Vernon
1918–Male
1923–2004Male
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 3
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
Age 4
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1931
Age 18
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
1 English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Vernon in Eure, France, named from the Gaulish element ver(n) ‘alder’ + the Gallo-Roman locative suffix -o (genitive -ōnis).2 French: habitational name from the same place as in 1 or from any of numerous other places in France with the same name and etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- James Vernon in household of James H Vernon, "United States Census, 1920"
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