Brief Life History of Joan Catherine Anderson
When Joan Catherine Anderson Danbury was born on 28 March 1919, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Horace Anderson Danbury, was 28 and her mother, Laura Beatrice Woodford, was 30. She married James Alfred Wight on 5 November 1941, in Outwood, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She died on 14 July 1999, in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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- Joan C A Danbury, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Danbury, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Joan Catherine A Wight, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1924 · Terry's Open the Chocolate Works
Terry’s in York, England was a confectionery factory, later named the Chocolate Works. It opened in 1926 and closed in 2005 causing around 300 people to lose their jobs. Some of the treats that were made there consisted of Chocolate Apples and Chocolate Oranges.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Oxfordshire): habitational name from Danbury in Essex, named in Old English as the ‘stronghold (burh) of the family or followers (ingas) of a man called Dæne.'.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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