Brief Life History of Bertha Bell
When Bertha Bell Bare was born on 7 July 1884, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, her father, George Valentine Bare, was 25 and her mother, Etta Almeda Staples, was 20. She married Raymond Francis Bird on 27 November 1902, in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grow Township, Anoka, Minnesota, United States in 1905 and Roberts, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 7 October 1958, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Bertha B Bird, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bertha B Bare, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English bar ‘bare’ (Old English bær), which in medieval times in addition to the sense ‘naked, uncovered’, also meant ‘unarmed, defenseless, unconcealed, destitute’.
English: habitational name from one of the locations or places under Barr .
Altered form of German Bär (see Baer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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