Walter Albert Vachon

Male1922–19 July 1944

Brief Life History of Walter Albert

When Walter Albert Vachon was born in 1922, in Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Albert Vachon, was 35 and his mother, Clarice Minnette Branch, was 34. He died on 19 July 1944, in Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Albert Vachon
1887–1949
Clarice Minnette Branch
1888–1971
Walter Albert Vachon
1922–1944

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    World Events (3)

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 1

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

    Age 1

    Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

    1927

    Age 5

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Fernand, Jacques, Normand, Pierre, Adelard, Edmour, Emile, Francoise, Lucien, Michel, Adrien.

    French: from a derivative of vache ‘cow’ (from Latin vacca), most likely applied as an occupational name for a cowherd.

    History: Paul Vachon from La Copechagnière in Vendée, France, married Marguerite Langlois in Quebec City, QC, in 1653.

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

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