Brief Life History of Isreal Andrews
When Isreal Andrews Merkey was born on 6 August 1938, in Cloud Chief, Washita, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Pearl R. Merkey, was 42 and his mother, Vinnie Opal Andrews, was 39. He married Zelma Marie Clayton on 13 October 1960. He lived in Rainey Township, Washita, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 7 September 2005, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67.
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Sources (5)
- Isreal Merkey in household of Pearl Merkey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Isreal A. Merkey - Memory of Someone: Memory of a sibling: birth-name: Isreal A. Merkey
- Isreal A Merkey, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1941 · Comanche Code Talkers
Many Native Americans from Oklahoma were once again employed as code talkers during WWII to create a code impenetrable by enemies. Rather than Choctaw, a Comanche-language code was developed. Several of these men were sent to invade Normandy to send messages. None of the men were killed and the Comanche code was never broken.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
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
Probably Irish: variant of Markey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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