Brief Life History of Charles L
Charles L Hughes was born in 1917. He died in 1981, at the age of 64, and was buried in West Virginia Memorial Gardens, Calvin, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Charles L Hughes
1917–1981
Mildred "Mimi" Gessler
1919–2004
Sources (2)
- Charles L Hughes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles L Hughes in entry for Mildred Or Mimi Gessler Hughes, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Spouse and Children
1917–1981 Male
1919–2004 Female
World Events (3)
1917
Age 0
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Joining the First World War
Age 0
Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 1
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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