Brief Life History of James Robert
When James Robert Strain was born on 18 March 1924, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Shirley Norvell Strain, was 33 and his mother, Almeda Word, was 30. He married Rebecca Ann Cole on 7 April 1948, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. He lived in Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 5, Gibson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 26 December 2002, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Trenton, Gibson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Robert J Strain in household of Shirley N Strain, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mr James Robert Strain, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- James Robert Strain, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1928 · The Detroit Zoo
"The Detroit Zoological Society was founded in 1911, but the zoo didn't officially open until August 1, 1928. At the opening ceremony, Mayor John C. Nagel was to speak to the gathered crowd. Arriving late, Nagel parked his car behind the bear dens and as he came rushing around the front. A polar bear leaped from the moat in the den and stood directly in front of Nagel. Unaware how precarious his situation was, Nagel stuck out his hand and walked toward the polar bear joking, """"He's the reception committee. The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America with cage-less exhibits and the first zoo to no longer keep elephants because of the harsh winters causing psychological stress on them."
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish (Glasgow): shortened and altered form of Strachan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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