Brief Life History of John William
When John William Carlock was born on 19 November 1939, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, his father, Loren Leo Carlock, was 23 and his mother, Maxine Annabelle Lansbery, was 18. He lived in Westfir Election Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 24 August 2003, in Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (6)
- John Carlock in household of Loran Carlock, "United States Census, 1940"
- John W Carlock, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
- John W Carlock, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Gerlach . Compare Garlock .
Possibly also Scottish: variant of Carlow .
History: The progenitor of the majority of the American Carlocks was the Palatine German Johann (John) Christian Gerlach, who arrived in the Hudson River Pitch, NY, in 1710. One of the respellings of his surname was Carlock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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