Researching David Gaines
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 539 people with the Gaines surname? In that year Gaines was ranked number 3040 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Gaines on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Gaines and the Gaines Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 964 people with the Gaines surname in the UK? Gaines is now ranked number 3136 for popularity in the UK. |
Gaines Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called David Gaines
David Gaines (environmentalist)
David Allen Gaines (December 30, 1947 – January 11, 1988) was an American environmentalist and the founder of the Mono Lake Committee. The Mono Lake Committee (along with the Audubon Society) initiated a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to reduce or stop the water diversions that were lowering Mono Lake; Gaines' approach in the lawsuit was to work with the opposition instead of demonizing them. He and his wife, Sally Gaines, began the committee in 1978. They required help from students at Stanford University, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and Earlham College. Based on research in the Mono Basin, he co-wrote a chapter in the book California Riparian Systems; this helped bring scientific attention to the issues at Mono Lake. As a collaborative team, The Mono Lake Committee took a stand against LADWP.
He died on January 11, 1988 in a car accident caused by a wind and snow storm. Sally and his two children, Vireo and Sage, survived the accident.
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