Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Blackburn was born on 11 April 1924, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Moses York Blackburn, was 48 and his mother, Pearl Adeline Spicer, was 24. He lived in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Trap Hill Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 2 December 1984, in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Sam Blackburn in household of York Blackburn, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sam Blackburn, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
- Sam Blackburn in entry for James Daniel Logwood and Kathy S Blackburn, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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