Brief Life History of John Henry
When John Henry Kilgour Jr was born on 26 April 1918, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States, his father, John Henry Kilgour, was 23 and his mother, Margaret M McGrath, was 26. He married Helen Elizabeth Hickey on 2 June 1946, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States. He lived in Orange, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 21 February 1980, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor, Orange, New York, United States.
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- John Kilgour, "United States Census, 1920"
- John Henry Kilgour, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- John Kilgour in household of John Kilgour, "United States Census, 1940"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scottish Hamish.
Scottish (Fife and Aberdeenshire): habitational name from Kilgour, the ancient name of the parish of Falkland (Fife). The placename is from Gaelic cill ‘church’ + an uncertain second element, perhaps the personal name Gabrán.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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