Brief Life History of Josephine Ann
When Josephine Ann Watrous was born on 26 August 1885, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, her father, Albert Beckwith Watrous, was 38 and her mother, Maggie Ewing Hartshorne, was 24. She married David Wheeler Hazen on 20 December 1917, in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 February 1957, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Hazen in household of David W Hazen, "United States Census, 1930"
- Watson, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Josephine A Watrous, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Waterhouse . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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