Brief Life History of Alma Henrietta
When Alma Henrietta Courtright was born on 28 May 1894, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Homer Raglan Courtright, was 36 and her mother, Esther May Parker, was 34. She married Lloyd Ross Ginder on 10 November 1915, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 30 years. She died on 31 August 1979, in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Alma Cortright in household of Homer Cortright, "United States Census, 1910"
- Alma Henrietta Cinder, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Alma Henrietta Courtright, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Kortrijk: habitational name from the city of Kortrijk in Flanders, in French known as Courtrai. Compare Cartwright , Cortright , Courtwright , Curtright , Cutright , and Kortright .
Perhaps also an altered form of English Cartwright .
History: The progenitors of the (majority of the) Courtrights (and Cortrights, Kortrights, etc.) were the brothers Jan and Michiel Bastiansen van Kortryk from Leerdam in the Netherlands, who arrived with their families to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in 1663. The descendants of one or another brother also bear the surnames Kortright, Kortwright, Cortright, Co(u)rtwright, Cartwright, and Cu(r)tright.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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