Brief Life History of Donald Bruce
When Donald Bruce McCall was born on 15 July 1914, in Horse Shoe, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Ether McCall, was 22 and his mother, Delia Belle Fowler, was 17. He married Hattie Lou Long on 14 September 1940, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Clay, Florida, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 24 July 1968, in Bliss Township Cemetery, Bliss Township, Emmet, Michigan, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Shepherd Memorial Park, Naples, Henderson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Donald B McCall, "United States 1950 Census"
- Donald Bruce McCall, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Donald Bruce McCall, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1918
In 1918, the Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities and a climate for year-round training, decided that the area now known as Fort Bragg met all of the desired criteria. Consequently, Camp Bragg came into existence on Sept. 4, 1918. Camp Bragg was named for a native North Carolinian Gen. Braxton Bragg for his actions during the Mexican-American war.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish:
Anglicized form of Mac Cathail ‘son of Cathal’, a personal name meaning ‘powerful in battle’. See Cahill .
more rarely an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’, a personal name composed of the elements cath ‘battle’ + maol ‘chief’. See Cowell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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