Richard H. Mower

Brief Life History of Richard H.

When Richard H. Mower was born on 3 September 1929, in St. Albans, Somerset, Maine, United States, his father, Sidney Robertson Mower, was 39 and his mother, Crystal M Philbrick, was 24. He died on 15 July 1998, in St. Albans, Somerset, Maine, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Crocker Cemetery, St. Albans, Somerset, Maine, United States.

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Richard H. Mower
1929–1998
Elaine Margaret Brooks
1940–2020

Sources (4)

  • Richard H Mower in household of Sidney R Mower, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Richard H Mower, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
  • Richard H. Mower, "Find A Grave Index"

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1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1934 · National Prohibition is Repealed

After a long history of banning liquor, both on a state and national level, all of the "Maine Laws" regarding alcohol were repealed in 1934.

1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia): variant of Mawer .

English: occasionally a dialectal form of Moore .

German (Möwer): nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German mōven ‘to torment, trouble, or burden’. The surname Möwer is virtually non-existing in Germany.

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

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