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Nehemiah Jordan 1919 - 1990

Nehemiah Jordan was born on August 20, 1919 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 70 years old on June 23, 1990 in York, York County, PA.

Nehemiah Jordan
Nehemiah Jorden, Nehmy Gofseyeff, Nehemia Gofseyeff
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August 20, 1919
New York, New York, United States
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  • Introduction

    Nehemiah Jordan, also known as Nehemia Gofseyeff, was born to Emanuel Gofseyeff (1890 - 1980), born in Belarus, and Rebecca/Rivqa Unterman (1896 - 1932), also born in Belarus. He had two sisters, one of whom was Deana Jordan Gofseyoff (1924 - 2007). He served in the United States Army, having enlisted on January 8, 1942 and being discharged on November 10, 1945. Nehemiah was a veteran of World War II. Nehemiah Jordan married Elizabeth Johnson in March of 1947 in Manhattan, New York. They had a son and a daughter.
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    1919

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    August 20, 1919
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    New York, New York United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    He was Caucasian.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Nehemiah was born in New York City and raised in the Bronx. Nehemiah was also married in New York City. He later lived in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1950 and in York, Pennsylvania in 1990.

  • Military Service

    Nehemiah served in the United States Army, having enlisted on January 8, 1942 and being discharged on November 10, 1945. He was a veteran of World War II.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Nehemiah married and they had two children, a son and a daughter.
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    June 23, 1990
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In 1919, in the year that Nehemiah Jordan was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1937, he was 18 years old when on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.
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