Warren Birch Horton

Brief Life History of Warren Birch

When Warren Birch Horton was born on 26 February 1909, in Minnesota, United States, his father, Warren Hale Horton, was 29 and his mother, Ethel Birch, was 29. He married Geraldine Coral Sutherland in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. He lived in Grand Forks, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States in 1940 and Oildale, Kern, California, United States in 1950. He died on 8 March 2003, in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 94.

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Warren Birch Horton
1909–2003
Virginia Jule Crum
1915–1993
Barbara Ann Horton
1943–1978

Sources (14)

  • Warren B Horton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Werren Burch, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
  • Warren Birch Horton, "North Dakota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home

Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.

1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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