Robert Oden Speaks

Brief Life History of Robert Oden

When Robert Oden Speaks was born on 18 June 1917, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Robert Franklin Speaks, was 39 and his mother, Estella Florence Chapman, was 39. He had at least 1 son with Clara Alma Herbert. He lived in St. Bernard, Hamilton, Ohio, United States for about 1 years. He died on 22 June 1988, in Mount Orab, Brown, Ohio, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mount Orab Cemetery, Mount Orab, Brown, Ohio, United States.

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Robert Oden Speaks
1917–1988
Clara Alma Herbert
1919–1997
Speaks
1946–1946

Sources (11)

  • Robert O Speaks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Oden Speaks, "Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953"
  • Robert Speaks, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Speak , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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