Brief Life History of Robert A
When Robert A Northam was born on 16 October 1918, in Modest Town, Accomack, Virginia, United States, his father, William Riley Northam, was 53 and his mother, Olive Evelyn Ayers, was 49. He married Mary Catherine Lewis on 6 April 1947, in New Castle, Delaware, United States. He lived in Metompkin, Accomack, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 June 1999, in Selbyville, Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Roxana Cemetery, Roxana, Sussex, Delaware, United States.
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- Robert A Northam in household of William R Northam, "United States Census, 1930"
- Robert A Mortham, "Delaware, Wilmington Vital Records, 1847-1954"
- Robert A Northam in household of William R Northam, "United States Census, 1920"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1939 · Nylon Plant in Seaford
In 1939, DuPont opened a nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware. The idea came when in 1935, Dr. Wallace discovered a synthetic fiber.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational namefrom Northam (Devon), Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset), Northam in Southampton (Hampshire), or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred, Hampshire. The placenames derive from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’. Northam in Southampton is likely to derive from hamm, as the settlement is hemmed in by a bend in the river Itchen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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