Doris Lorraine Pombrio (1913 - 1983)

Doris's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Pombrio family tree.

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Doris's Family

David Pombrio

Addie (Nadeau) Pombrio

Floyd Ellis Pombrio Doris Lorraine Pombrio

Maxwell Philip Pombrio Oral David Pombrio

Parents:

David Pombrio

Jan 5, 1874 - Oct 2, 1918

Addie (Nadeau) Pombrio

Unknown - Unknown

Siblings:

Maxwell Philip Pombrio

1906 - Oct 28, 1953

Floyd Ellis Pombrio

Unknown - Unknown

Oral David Pombrio

Unknown - Unknown

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In 1913, in the year that Doris Lorraine Pombrio was born, Woodrow Wilson became the 28th President of the United States in March. Previously the Governor of New Jersey and President of Princeton University, he was the first Southerner to serve as President since Zachary Taylor, over 60 years previous. A Democrat, he led the U.S. during World War I and championed the League of Nations.

In 1928, at the age of only 15 years old, Doris was alive when Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.

In 1934, she was 21 years old when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.

In 1979, by the time she was 66 years old, on November 4th, Iranian militant students seized the US embassy in Teheran and held 52 American citizens and diplomats hostage for 444 days. They were released at the end of the inauguration speech of the newly elected Ronald Reagan.

In 1983, in the year of Doris Lorraine Pombrio 's passing, "crack" cocaine was developed in the Bahamas and spread to the United States. Previously, cocaine had been cut with other substances, diluting it. Crack was 80% pure and therefore was more addictive. It was also cheaper, making it more easily available to low income neighborhoods.