Brief Life History of George Richard
When George Richard ARRINGDALE was born on 13 November 1915, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Bruce Birchard Arringdale, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Charlotte Lottie Reber, was 35. He married Lorena Mae SWEENEY on 18 September 1939, in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Venice Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 1 years. He died on 31 August 2003, in Mission Viejo, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Westminster, Orange, California, United States.
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- George Arringdale, "United States 1950 Census"
- George R Arringdale, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- George Richard Arringdale, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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