Robert Marvin Hendon

Brief Life History of Robert Marvin

When Robert Marvin Hendon was born on 25 April 1912, in Choctaw, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Wilson Hendon, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Stephens, was 27. He married Vera Lee Jordan on 12 October 1935, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Beat 3, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States in 1920 and United States in 1949. He died on 24 May 1984, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Robert Marvin Hendon
1912–1984
Vera Lee Jordan
1913–2001
Marriage: 12 October 1935
Sherilyn Hendon
1947–
Lome Hendon
1948–

Sources (7)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Marvin Hendon, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Robert Hendon, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established

The Mississippi State Sanatorium is a hospital used for tuberculosis patients. This lasted from 1918 to the 1950s. The Sanatorium has now been turned into a museum.

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more places so named, such as Hendon (Middlesex), Henden in Sundridge, Handen in Aldington, a lost Henden in Woodchurch (all Kent), a lost Hendon in Hellingly (Sussex), and Hendon in Luffincott (Devon). There is also a place of this name in Durham, but this is probably not a source of the modern surname. The Kent and Sussex placenames derive from Old English hēan, dative form of hēah ‘high’, + denn ‘pasture’, while the other placenames come from Old English hēan + dūn ‘hill’.

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

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