Brief Life History of Elvira Gertrude
When Elvira Gertrude Stanley was born on 2 August 1900, in Colorado, United States, her father, Arthur Lighthart Stanley, was 32 and her mother, Tillie Anna Mathilda Rohman, was 29. She married Archie Leo Templeton on 5 June 1917, in Whitepine, Gunnison, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Sargents, Saguache, Colorado, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 January 1993, in Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States.
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- Elvira G Templeton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elvira G Stanley, "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995"
- Alvira Templeton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Stanley, including those in Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This English name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century where it was Gaelicized as de Stainléigh.
English: possibly also a variant of Stoneley, a habitational name from Stoneley Green in Burland (Cheshire), Stoneleigh (Warwickshire), or Stonely in Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire), all named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of any of various like-sounding names in other languages, for example Polish Stanislawski , Greek Anastasiou , and Serbian Stojadinov (patronymic from the personal name Stojadin).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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