Charles Joseph Irvine

Brief Life History of Charles Joseph

When Charles Joseph Irvine was born on 2 May 1920, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles Oliver Irvine, was 32 and his mother, Bertha May Wood, was 32. He died on 4 September 2005, in Sunrise, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Charles Joseph Irvine
1920–2005
Barbara Ann Halfpenny
1926–2008

Sources (2)

  • Charles J Irvine, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Charles J Irvine in household of Charles O Irvine, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1941 · Florida Involvement in World War II

Similar to the first World War, Florida's location and temperature served as an ideal location for military training; in fact, Florida would end up having 172 military installations. As a result of World War II growth, Camp Blanding became the fourth largest city in Florida, capable of housing over 55,000 soldiers. Many Floridians sacrificed their lives among other Americans to win the war; it's estimated that about 3,000 U.S. deaths were from Floridian troops.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

Scottish, also common in northern Ireland: habitational name from Irvine in Ayrshire, which is named from a Celtic river, Welsh ir, yr ‘green, fresh’ + afon ‘water’. There has been much confusion with Irving and Irwin .

Irish: variant of Irvin .

English: variant of Erwin .

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

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Story Highlight

Matinees for kids were a real bargain (Transcription of one of the photos)

In 1928 in Harrisburg, Pa., the Capital Theater offered a Saturday matinee for children. On what they called Bank Day, the theater gave each child an envelope containing a coin It cold be a penny, n …

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