Lavonne May Chase

Female26 May 1881–29 August 1965

Brief Life History of Lavonne May

When Lavonne May Chase was born on 26 May 1881, in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, Horatio T. Chase, was 39 and her mother, Abigail Etta Sanborn, was 39. She married William J. Powell about 1900, in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Upton, Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States in 1950. She died on 29 August 1965, at the age of 84, and was buried in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States.

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William J. Powell
1874–1908
Lavonne May Chase
1881–1965
Marriage: about 1900
Orvis Powell
1902–1959

Sources (12)

  • Lavonne M Whitney, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lavonne M Powell, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
  • Lavonne May Chase Powell, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    about 1900Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States

    • Children (1)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 1

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1898 · Sinking of USS Maine

    Age 17

    During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.

    1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

    Age 22

    A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).

    History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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