Robert Nelson Gobell

Male16 October 1938–10 August 2003

Brief Life History of Robert Nelson

When Robert Nelson Gobell was born on 16 October 1938, in Vermillion, Clay, South Dakota, United States, his father, Robert Earl Gobell, was 28 and his mother, Ella Isabelle Anderson, was 28. He lived in Clay, South Dakota, United States in 1945 and Rapid Township, Pennington, South Dakota, United States for about 1 years. He died on 10 August 2003, in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Robert Earl Gobell
1910–1997
Ella Isabelle Anderson
1910–2005
Charlene Ann Gobel
1936–2013
Robert Nelson Gobell
1938–2003

Sources (10)

  • Robert Gobell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Robert Nelson Gobell, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Robert N Gobell, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (2)

World Events (8)

1941

Age 3

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

Age 3

The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.

1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act

Age 18

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

English: see Gobel .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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