1940                 Documents in Year 1941                      1942


Document

Person

State

Photos
1867-1956

Ernest Johnson Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

74 years old - Missouri

Photos
1869-1945

John Peter Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

72 years old - Missouri

Photos
1871-1949

Richard "Dick" Henry Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

70 years old - Missouri

Photos
1872-1966

Luella "May" Smith
(Wife of John Peter)

69 years old - Missouri

Photos
1873-1959

Jeremiah "Jerry" Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

68 years old - Missouri

Photos
1875-1945

Hiram Botts Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

66 years old - Missouri

Photos
1878-1952

Grace Truman Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

63 years old - Missouri

Photos
1880-1949

Miles Standish Vardiman
(son of John Thomas)

61 years old - Missouri

Photos
1882-1958

Bonnie Stanley Vardiman
(daughter of John Thomas)

59 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1980

Mary "Mollie" Josephine Harris Vardiman
(wife of Miles Standish)

56 years old - Missouri

Photos
1885-1964

Margaret May "Maggie"
Vardiman Self
(Daughter of John Thomas)

56 years old - Missouri

Photos
1887-1977

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Gaimes Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

54 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1970

Frances Laura "Fannie" Vardiman
(Daughter of John Thomas)

51 years old - Missouri

Photos
1890-1985

Emma Henriette Jensen Vardiman
(Wife of Charles Henry)

51 years old - Missouri 

Photos
1893-1972

Captain James K. Vardaman Jr.
(Future Naval Aide to President Truman during WWII & Great, Great, Great Grandson of John II Vardeman "the pioneer")

48 years old - Mississippi

Photos
1896-1962

Charles Henry Vardiman
(son of John Peter)

45 years old - Missouri

Photos
1899-1984

John Wesley Vardiman "Johnny"
(son of John Peter)

42 years old - Missouri

Photos
1905-1972

Miles Edman Vardeman "Eddie"
(son of John Peter)

36 years old - Missouri

Photos
1908-1986

Gladys Elizabeth Babler Vardeman
(Wife of  Miles Edman "Eddie")

32 years old - Missouri

Photos
1913-1985

James Ross Vardiman
(son of Miles Standish)

28 years old - Missouri

Photos
1915-1968

Phillip Harris Vardiman
(son of Miles Standish)

26 years old - Missouri

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1917-2000

Frances Louise Carter Vardiman
(Wife of Phillip Harris)

24 years old - Missouri

Photos
1920-2008

Luetta Doris Ballard Vardiman
(Wife of John Wesley "Johnny")

21 years old - Missouri

Photos
1924-1990

Harry Lee "Bud" Vardiman
(Son of Charles Henry)

17 years old - Missouri

Photos
1924-Current

Jesse Harris "Jack" Vardaman
(5x Great Grandson of
William I Vardeman &
Bridgit Tinkler)

17 years old - Alabama

Photos
1926-Current

Shirley Marie Vardiman
(Daughter of Charles Henry)

15 years old - Missouri

1941 Newspaper Clippings

Links of Interest:

  • Franklin D Roosevelt, Thirty-second U.S. President

  • (1933-1945)

  • Statehood

  • 48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition


  • Education: "The war had a heavy impact on the schools. Not only did large numbers of teachers leave the classroom for the battlefield, but enrollment also dropped significantly as youth chose not to return to school or to go to work. By the end of the war more than one-third of the teachers employed in 1940-41 had left teaching."

    Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 164 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010 see 1944 for next event...

  • Food: M&M's Plain Chocolate Candies debut in six colors: red, green, yellow, orange, brown, and violet.  Eight years later, tan replaces violet.
    Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 235

  • Military:

    Holocaust

  • was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regime during

    World War II

    Pearl Harbor - America Enters World War II

    Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii December 5, 1941. The next day President Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war against Japan.

  • Photography:

    Ansel Adams

  • (American Scenic Wilderness Photographer 1933-1942) Hired to photograph the National Parks. Short PBS video clip.

  • Technology:

    Z3 computer invented

  • by German Konrad Zuse. It was the first programmable computer not tied to a specific function like weaving cloth or calculating bills (see 1801).
    (See 1890 for previous computer science advancement.)
    (See 1944 for next improvement in computer science.)
    Source: Brainpop.com Click on Technology then Computer History

    Aqueduct Pipeline built to divert water for 350 miles from Mono Lake to Los Angeles Valley.

    BBC Atlas of the Natural World North America Land of the Eagle "Searching for Paradise" Documentary 2006.

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