Brief Life History of Willard Gordon
When Willard Gordon Wyman was born on 21 March 1898, in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, John Monroe Wyman, was 40 and his mother, Minnie B. Haines, was 38. He married Ethel Mae Megginson on 27 September 1921, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Damariscotta, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1966 and China in 1969. He died on 29 March 1969, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, United States.
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- Willard G Wyman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Williard Gordon Wyman, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Willard G Wyman, "United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981"
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1899 · Mount Rainier National Park is Established
Mount Rainier was established as a state park on March 2, 1899 with legislation was signed by President McKinley. Mount Rainier is a volcanic peak surrounded by forests.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Wymund, Wymond (Old English Wīgmund, composed of the elements wīg ‘war’ + mund ‘protection’). In Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Norfolk the personal name may be the Old Norse cognate Vigmundr, Vimund.
Americanized form of North German Weimann . Compare Wiman .
History: John Wyman, from Hertfordshire, England, was one of the founders of Woburn, MA, in 1640.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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