David Handsaker

Brief Life History of David

When David Handsaker was born on 20 April 1931, in Oregon, United States, his father, James Robert Handsaker, was 25 and his mother, Martha Elaine Dunten, was 20. He lived in Camp Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 16 March 2014, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Handsaker
1905–1956
Martha Elaine Dunten
1911–1985
Violet Martha Handsaker
1926–
David Handsaker
1931–2014

Sources (1)

  • David Handsaker in household of Robert Handsaker, "United States Census, 1940"

World Events (8)

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1932

Los Angeles, California, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Handsacre (Staffordshire). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Hand (genitive Handes) + Old English æcer ‘plot of arable or cultivated land’.

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

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