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2 unusual facts about Vernon, Eure


Vernon family

The Vernon family was a wealthy, prolific and widespread English family with 11th-century origins in Vernon, France.

Willibald Peter Prasthofer

After the war, he worked for the French government missile program in Vernon, Eure (1947-1955), as well as participating in missile testing in Saharan Africa.


Babe Borton

As details in the scandal emerged, it was discovered that he and some Vernon teammates had also bribed opponents in 1919 to throw the pennant to the Tigers.

Battle of Kamdesh

The US soldiers killed in the battle were: Justin T. Gallegos (Tucson, Arizona), Christopher Griffin (Kincheloe, Michigan), Kevin C. Thomson (Reno, Nevada), Michael P. Scusa (Villas, New Jersey), Vernon W. Martin (Savannah, Georgia), Stephan L. Mace (Lovettsville, Virginia), Joshua J. Kirk (South Portland, Maine), and Joshua M. Hardt (Applegate, California).

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell

Mount Vernon was the home and workplace of Bach in the last years of his life, where he completed his research into the Bach flower remedies.

Bryan Ryley

His work is found in numerous private and public collections, such as, The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Kelowna Public Art Gallery, Kelowna; Vernon Public Art Gallery; The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York; Petro Canada Collection; Shell Collection in Calgary, Alberta.

Buffet Crampon

In 2008 Buffet Crampon continues to pursue its strategy by the acquisition of the Leblanc clarinet factory in La Couture-Boussey, Département of Eure, Haute-Normandie in France.

Central-Alameda, Los Angeles

Central-Alameda, which measure 2.18 square miles, is bounded on the north and northeast by Downtown, on the east by the city of Vernon, on the south by Huntington Park and Florence-Firestone, and on the west by Historic South Central and South Park.

Chaloklowa Chickasaw

The Chaloklowa Chickasaws are headquartered in Hemingway, South Carolina and are led by Chief Vernon Tanner and Vice-Chief Joe Tanner.

Charles Vernon

In 2006, Vernon and the CSO premiered "Chick 'a' Bone Checkout" a new concerto for alto, tenor and bass trombone and orchestra, written by trombonist and composer Christian Lindberg.

Charles Wall

Charles Cecil Wall (born c. 1903 – May 1, 1995) was an American self-taught historian and preservationist, who spent nearly 40 years as resident director of George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon on the banks of the Potomac River, where he endeavored to keep the home and its surroundings in much the same state that it existed when the First President resided there.

Chateau de Leveville

The castle of Levéville or Levesville stands on a plateau above the city of Chartres in the Eure-et-Loir department.

Christmas to Christmas

#"Jesus Gets Jealous of Santa Claus" (Vernon Rust, Keith Urban) - 3:35

Christopher Nesham

He was at Vernon, in Normandy, in October 1789, when a furious mob fell upon a corn merchant, Planter by name, who had been charitable to the poor, but who, having sent flour to Paris, was accused of wishing to starve the town.

Claude Antoine, comte Prieur-Duvernois

In 1793 he was a representative on mission surveying the ports of Lorient and Dunkirk, but he was arrested in Normandy upon the fall of the Girondists (June 1793) by the rebel authorities of Caen, and only released in July 1793 after the defeat of their forces at Vernon.

Don Eldridge

Eldridge then received his degree in education from Western Washington University and then worked in his family's stationary business and local newspaper in Mount Vernon.

Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg

Marie Therese married Prince Henri d'Orléans, second child and eldest son of Henri, Count of Paris and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, on 5 July 1957 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France.

French Senate election, 2008

They were divided in the following way: 1 new Senator each for the Ain, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Drôme, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Gironde, Hérault, and Guyane départements and one in French Polynesia.

George Venables-Vernon, 1st Baron Vernon

Vernon was the son of Henry Vernon, of Sudbury, Derbyshire, and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of Thomas Pigott by his wife Mary, sister and heiress of Sir Peter Venables, Baron of Kinderton, Cheshire.

Helier

Churches dedicated to Helier can be found in Rennes, St. Hellier, Beuzeville (Eure), Amécourt (Eure), Barentin (Seine-Maritime), Monhoudou (Sarthe).

Henri Gault

Henri Gault (Pacy-sur-Eure, 4 November 1929 - 9 July 2000) was a French food journalist.

Illinois Route 142

In Mt. Vernon Illinois 142 passes the sole remaining Continental Tire North America manufacturing plant, becoming Fisher Lane for a short distance before intersecting IL 37 .

Italians in Syracuse, New York

A Methodist mission was opened in the rooms of the West Shore Railroad by Rev. Dean L. M. Vernon (d. 1896) whose work was passed on to Rev. Antonio Peruzzi.

Josef Armberger

Josef Armberger's grave is located at the military cemetery Champigny in the department of Eure.

Joy Postle

Postle and her brother Vernon bought a ranch in southern Idaho along the Snake River Canyon.

KFFN

From 1961 to 1966 the programming was a Christian format that included the teaching of Donald Grey Barnhouse, J Vernon McGee, A.A. Alan, Dr. Clyde M. Narramore, Dr. Dennis Dehan, and many others.

Land Force Central Area

At the time of its creation in the early-1990s, it was housed on the grounds of the former base and subsequently moved ca 1993 to the Place Nouveau office tower at Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue; this was controversial as the offices of the Area Commander, Major-General Brian Vernon, were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the Auditor General of Canada.

Leonis C. Malburg

As mayor, Malburg has been credited with overseeing the successful implementation of public policy that led the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation to name Vernon the "Most Business-friendly City" in L.A. County.

Massachusetts Route 142

Almost immediately after the turn, Route 142 reaches the Vermont state line, becoming VT 142 (Fort Bridgman Road) on the opposite side towards downtown Vernon, Vermont.

Michelle Loughery

She has been instrumental in beginning world class mural projects in Cuba, Missouri, USA; Vernon, British Columbia and continues to work in the Country Music Capital of Canada, Merritt, British Columbia.

Microwave Massacre

Donald (Vernon) is a construction worker with a big problem: his shrew of a wife May (Claire Ginsberg) has started to only cook gourmet foods in a Hyacinth Bucket-style misguided effort to make themselves seem classier than they are.

Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the Mount Vernon estate originally owned by George Washington.

Mount Vernon railway station

Mount Vernon railway station is located in the Mount Vernon area of Glasgow, Scotland.

Mount Vernon, Texas

Also hailing from Mt. Vernon is 13 year veteran AFL/NFL offensive lineman Bobby Maples.

MS Ben-my-Chree

Brought around to the island from Holland by the late Captain Vernon Kinley, Ben-my-Chree entered service on 5 July 1998, Tynwald Day - the Isle of Man's national holiday.

New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light

The vocals of Justin Vernon were recorded at April Base studios in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, and were overdubbed later in the recording process.

Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester

However in 1121, royal favour brought Robert the great Norman honors of Breteuil and Pacy-sur-Eure, with his marriage to Amice de Gael, daughter of a Breton intruder the king had forced on the honor after the forfeiture of the Breteuil family in 1119.

Roy Orbison's Sun Recordings

Roy Kelton Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, on April 23, 1936, and he grew up in Wink, Texas.

Ryan Holmes

Holmes was born in Vernon, British Columbia, a rural town in western Canada.

Samchillian

Currently, Leon continues to play with Vernon Reid, James Blood Ulmer, and leads his own band Genes and Machines with an album scheduled for release in 2011.

Sir Charles Knowles, 1st Baronet

Vernon next appointed Knowles to cruise off Cartagena, watching the Spanish forces and interdicting any enemy supply ships.

Sir John Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 2nd Baronet

Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone married Louisa Augusta Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, daughter of the Most Reverend Edward Harcourt, Archbishop of York.

Söder tea

The blend was invented in 1979 by Vernon Mauris and is named after the area Södermalm in Stockholm where his shop is located.

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aldeburgh

There is a memorial by Thomas Thurlow to George Crabbe the poet (d. 1832) and a monument to Lady Henrietta Vernon, d.1786.

Stade Pacy-Ménilles

Stade Pacy-Ménilles is a multi-use stadium in Ménilles, near Pacy-sur-Eure, France.

The Maytones

The Maytones formed in the late 1960s, and comprised Vernon Buckley and Gladstone Grant, both of whom lived in May Pen in Clarendon, which inspired the group's name.

Vernon Corea

Vernon Corea was a Christian, he was very involved in the work of the church in the UK - he was a Lay Reader of the Church of England at Emmanuel Church in Wimbledon Village, South-West London and previous to that appointment he was Lay Reader at Christ Church, Gipsy Hill in South-East London.

Vernon Schmid

Vernon Schmid (born July 31, 1934 in Parsons, Kansas) is a poet, journalist, educator, clergyman, and syndicated columnist.

William Eure, 1st Baron Eure

Ralph Eure defended Scarborough Castle against the Pilgrimage of Grace for 20 days in 1536 with a garrison comprising only his household servants.

Wojeck

Although it was one of the highest-rated shows on Canadian television in its time, only 20 episodes of the series were made, because Vernon was lured to Hollywood by the promise of more money than the CBC could offer.

Yvonne Antrobus

She has made over 100 abridgments and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson.


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