Brief Life History of Shirley Margaret
When Shirley Margaret Higley was born on 24 March 1925, in North Powder, Union, Oregon, United States, her father, George Clark Higley, was 21 and her mother, Katharina Wacker, was 15. She married Arthur Jay Dillingham on 2 October 1943, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1998. She died on 19 May 2020, in Englewood, Sarasota, Florida, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (22)
- Shirley M Johnson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Shirley M Dillingham, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Shirley Margaret Higley Johnson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II
Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Highley (Shropshire), recorded as Hugelei in 1086, from an Old English personal name Hugga + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The modern form Highley is probably due to folk etymology (see Highley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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