Forrest Newcomb

Brief Life History of Forrest

When Forrest Newcomb was born on 3 December 1921, in Minnesota, United States, his father, Walter Monroe Newcomb, was 38 and his mother, Mabel Gibson Marshall, was 38. He lived in Oakland, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and Jackson, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 3 March 1978, in Texas, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Webster, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Monroe Newcomb
1882–1934
Mabel Gibson Marshall
1883–1939
Mary Louise Newcomb
1900–1985
Robert Jay Newcomb
1907–1973
Eleanor Gertrude Newcomb
1908–2005
Echo Victoria Newcomb
1911–1990
Beryl Etta Newcomb
1912–1996
Walter E. Newcomb
1914–1979
Melvin V. Newcomb
1916–1979
Vera Irene Newcomb
1917–1999
Ernest Newcomb
1920–1979
Forrest Newcomb
1921–1978
Marcella “Marty” Violet Newcomb
1923–1992
Lela May Newcomb
1925–1995
Charles Eldon Newcomb
1927–1996

Sources (6)

  • Forest F Newcomb, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Forrest Frank Newcomb, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Forrest Newcomb, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

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

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a new arrival in a place, from Middle English newe-comen, newe-come ‘newly arrived, recently come’ (Old English nīwe + cumen, cuma). The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of placenames ending in Old English cumb ‘valley’ (see Coombe ). No such placename as Newcombe is actually on record in Britain.

Americanized form of German Neukamm, possibly arising from a misinterpretation of its etymology as neu ‘new’ + Kamm ‘comb’ (see Neukam ).

History: According to family tradition, Capt. Andrew Newcomb was born in England in 1618 and died in Boston, MA, in 1686, leaving family who settled both in MA and in Kittery, ME. Among his descendants was the internationally renowned astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835–1909).

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

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