Brief Life History of Raymond DeWain
When Raymond DeWain Dewey was born on 2 April 1919, in Blossburg, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Burr Albert Dewey, was 26 and his mother, Teresa Pratt, was 26. He married Fern Lorene Reichman in 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Richmond Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Canton Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1940. He died on 21 July 2003, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Whitneyville, Charleston Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (13)
- R Dewain Dewey in household of Burr A Dewey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Raymond Dewain Dewey, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Raymond D Dewey, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Welsh: from the personal name Dewi, Welsh form of David . In some cases the name may arise from the dedication of parish churches in places called Llanddewi (Saint David's), of which there are several.
Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name of uncertain form and origin. Traditionally it is recorded as Douai, a habitational name from a city so named in northern France, but it could also be from Old Norman French du we(z) ‘of the ford’, from a variant of standard French gué ‘ford’.
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch De Weij (archaic De Wey): cognate of Van der Weij (see Wey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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