Brief Life History of Irvin Walter Vern
When Irvin Walter Vern Grant was born on 7 October 1907, his father, Walter Irving Grant, was 28 and his mother, Annie May Kloehn, was 27. He lived in Sequim, Clallam, Washington, United States in 1910 and Clallam, Washington, United States in 1920. He died on 20 December 2003, in Umpqua, Oregon, United States, at the age of 96.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1940"
- Irvin Walter Grant, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
- Irvin W Grant, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington
On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.
Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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