Brief Life History of Nona May
When Nona May Shipley was born on 28 September 1917, in Formosa, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States, her father, Leonard Brooks Shipley, was 38 and her mother, Eva Mae Merryman, was 35. She married Chester Hubbard on 30 June 1933, in Van Buren, Arkansas, United States. She lived in Culpepper, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States in 1930 and Culpepper Township, Van Buren, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 16 August 2004, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Nona Hubbard in household of Chester Hubbard, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nona Shipley, "Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939"
- Nona M Hubbard, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
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.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from any of various places called Shipley, in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Shropshire, Durham, Northumberland, Sussex, and elsewhere, all named with Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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