James Robert Howard

Brief Life History of James Robert

When James Robert Howard was born on 26 July 1934, in Oklahoma, United States, his father, Theodore Dewey Howard, was 24 and his mother, Ethel M Ward, was 20. He lived in Ketchum, Craig, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. He died on 22 May 1996, in Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Ketchum, Craig, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theodore Dewey Howard
1909–1975
Ethel M Ward
1915–
James Robert Howard
1934–1996

Sources (3)

  • James R Howard, "United States 1950 Census"
  • U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
  • James R Howard, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

1941 · Comanche Code Talkers

Many Native Americans from Oklahoma were once again employed as code talkers during WWII to create a code impenetrable by enemies. Rather than Choctaw, a Comanche-language code was developed. Several of these men were sent to invade Normandy to send messages. None of the men were killed and the Comanche code was never broken. 

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

Name Meaning

English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .

English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .

English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.

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

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