Charles L Hughes

Male1917–1981

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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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"

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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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