Brief Life History of Robert Lee
When Robert Lee Disher was born on 12 May 1940, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, his father, David Lindsay Disher Jr, was 26 and his mother, Zenna Brown Ledwell, was 21. He married Myrlan Leagans Disher on 5 June 1973. He died on 22 March 2013, in Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Mr Robert Or Bobby Disher, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Robert L Disher, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Robert L Disher, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1944 · CIA
June 20, 1944, Congress chartered the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Discher ‘joiner’.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker or seller of dishes (Middle English disher(e)), from an agent derivative of Middle English dish, diss, disc ‘dish’. In London, dishers (also known as turnours) were makers of wooden measures for wine and ale. Each disher had his own mark, which was stamped on the bottom of each measure he made. Samples of marks were required to be submitted to the Chamberlain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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