Brief Life History of Marion L.
When Marion L. Barnhart was born on 25 November 1919, in West Liberty, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, her father, Harvey Elisha Barnhart, was 41 and her mother, Claribel Smith, was 37. She lived in Pike Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 14 October 2003, in Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
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- Marion L Barnhart, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mr Marion Barnhart, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Marion L Barnhart, "Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
In some cases possibly also Dutch: variant of Barnard . The surname Barnhart is very rare in the Netherlands.
Americanized form of German Bernhard or Bernhardt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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