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Ernest Pershall 1887 - 1969

Ernest Pershall (1887 - 1969)
Full legal name
Ernest Pershall
Last Known Residence
Shasta Lake, Shasta County, California 96079
Born
May 20, 1887
Death
July 1969
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Ernest Pershall of Shasta Lake, Shasta County, California was born on May 20, 1887, and died at age 82 years old in July 1969.

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Shasta Lake, Shasta County, California 96079
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May 20, 1887
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Ernest Pershall passed away at age 82 years old in July 1969. Ernest Pershall of Shasta Lake, Shasta County, California was born on May 20, 1887.

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Ernest Pershall lived 7 years longer than the average Pershall family member when he died at the age of 82.
The average age of a Pershall family member is 75.
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1887 - 1969 World Events

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In 1887, in the year that Ernest Pershall was born, on January 20th, the US Senate gave the US Navy the right to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base. Pearl Harbor is on the island of Oahu, a part of the Hawaiian Islands. The Navy was given direction to maintain "a coaling and repair station" at the harbor.

In 1891, he was only 4 years old when from March 9th through the 12th, a blizzard hit the south and west of England. Called the Great Blizzard of 1891, it led to snow drifts of up to 15 feet and killed 200 people and 6,000 animals. Fourteen ships sank.

In 1928, at the age of 41 years old, Ernest was alive when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

In 1956, by the time he was 69 years old, this was the year that the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, became an international sensation. He began the year as a regional favorite and ended the year with 17 recordings having been on the Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart, 11 TV appearances, and a movie. Elvis scandalized adults and thrilled teens.

In 1969, in the year of Ernest Pershall's passing, on January 20th, Richard M. Nixon became the 37th President of the United States. Previously the Vice President to President Eisenhower, Nixon was the only President to resign in office - in his second term.

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