Brief Life History of Ira Woods
When Ira Woods Crutchfield was born on 12 February 1916, in Devine, Medina, Texas, United States, his father, John Martin Crutchfield, was 54 and his mother, Mary Ophelia Garrett, was 33. He had at least 2 daughters with Joyce Irene Evans. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Medina, Texas, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1945. He died on 18 October 2005, in Devine, Medina, Texas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Devine, Medina, Texas, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Ira W Crutchfield, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ira Woods Crutchfield - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ira Woods Crutchfield
- Ira Woods Crutchfield, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name probably from Cruchfield in Berkshire or Crutchfield in Surrey. The former is named with Celtic crṻg ‘mound, hill’ + Old English feld ‘open country’, and the latter Middle English crouche ‘cross’ (Old English crūc) + feld.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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