Brief Life History of John Machado
When John Machado Bettencourt Jr was born on 27 August 1923, in Danville, Contra Costa, California, United States, his father, John Machado Bettencourt, was 27 and his mother, Mary M. Silva, was 20. He lived in Judicial Township 4, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940 and California, United States in 2007. He died on 30 December 2006, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Olema Cemetery, Olema, Marin, California, United States.
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- John J Betencourt in household of John Betencourt, "United States Census, 1930"
- Bettencourt, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- John Machado Bettencourt, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Jorge, Luis, Ana, Carlos, Joaquin, Aires, Arlindo, Armando, Francisco, Mario. Portuguese Joao, Adao, Albano, Conceicao, Duarte, Ilidio, Paulo, Serafim.
French (northern) and Portuguese (of French origin; mainly Azores): habitational name from any of various places in northern France so called, with minor variations in spelling, of which the main one is in Somme. They are named with the ancient Germanic personal name Betto, an assimilated form of Berto (see Bert ) + Old French court ‘farm(yard)’. This surname is now much more frequent in Portugal than in France; to Portugal it was brought in the 15th century. See also French Bethencourt and Spanish Betancourt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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