Brief Life History of Charles Melvin
When Pfc. Charles Melvin Truesdell was born on 16 March 1928, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, his father, George Walter Truesdell, was 53 and his mother, Madis Mae LeFever, was 27. He married Virginia Lee Patchett on 5 August 1952, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States. He lived in Chillicothe Township, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1951. He died on 20 February 2003, in Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Chas Truesdell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Melvin Truesdell - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Charles Melvin Truesdell
- Charles Melvin Truesdell, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
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 (Hampshire): variant of Truesdale . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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