Brief Life History of Alma Fern
When Alma Fern Hough was born on 17 April 1914, in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States, her father, Harrison Ellis Hough, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Alma Caldwell, was 35. She married Raymond Leon Hurst on 11 October 1931, in Exeter, Tulare, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Exeter, Tulare, California, United States in 1930 and Exeter Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States in 1940. She died on 10 February 1994, in Deming, Luna, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain View, Luna, New Mexico, United States.
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- Fern A Huret in household of Leon R Huret, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alma Fern Hough - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Alma Fern Hough
- Fern Hurst in entry for Leon Hurst, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1923 · Oil is Discovered on the Navajo Reservation
Oil was discovered on the Navajo Reservation in the 1920's. The Navajos did not want to lease any of the land towards the exploration for oil and gas. They were soon made a deal that they would be hired for all unskilled work if they would lease the land and, reluctantly, they gave in. Albert Fall, a Senator from New Mexico and was extremely hostile towards Indian rights.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): from Middle English hoʒ, Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land, ridge’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Hough in Cheshire. This name has the same origin as Howe : Hough is from the nominative case (Old English hōh), while Howe from the dative singular. See also Howes .
Irish: variant of Haugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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