Marion Dorn
Textile designer. Born on Christmas day, probably at Menlo Park, near San Francisco. She moved to Paris where she met and subsequently married the artist Edward McKnight Kauffer. At the outbreak of...
1 memorial
Diana Dors
Actor and singer. Born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon. She was promoted as the English Marilyn Monroe, and at the age of 16, joined J. Arthur Rank's charm school appearing in many of his films. She at...
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Frederick Douglass
Social reformer, writer and statesman. Born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, probably in his grandmother's shack in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery and became an agent of the ...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, USA
2 memorials
Lieutenant Colonel Forrest Patty Dowling
Despite the information contained in our Picture Source that Lieutenant Colonel Forrest Patty Dowling was born in Oklahoma, USA, in 1917, our research shows that he was born on 18 July 1916 in Dall...
War served, WW2
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Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Charles Downs
Bruce Charles Downs was born on 24 June 1916 in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, USA, the second of the three children of Bruce George Downs (1890-1966) and Lena Vivian Downs née Bright (b.1896...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Drake Navigators Guild
The Drake Navigators Guild is the historical research group which has used multi-disciplinary methods to research Francis Drake’s visit to the west coast of North America in 1579 and related mariti...
1 memorial
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Pilot Officer William Richard Driver
William Richard Driver was the son of James Skelton Driver Junior (1891-1940) and Xylda Irwin Driver née Lowe (1898-1994). There is some confusion as to his date and place of birth. The American Ai...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel John Guilbert DuFour
John Guilbert DuFour was born on 6 September 1909 in Alameda, Alameda County, California, USA, the elder child of Clarence John DuFour (1879-1937) and Emily Marcia DuFour née Taylor (1879- 1966). H...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Dunn
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Dunn was born on 16 November 1916 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. Our Picture Source gives a résumé of the life of this aviator. In 1947 he married Ev...
War served, WW2
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