Brief Life History of Almeda Jean
When Almeda Jean Sloan was born on 16 December 1891, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Issiac George Sloan, was 25 and her mother, Hattie Iona Ladd, was 20. She married Claude Wendle Boyer on 8 July 1911, in Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 11 December 1978, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Almeda Boyer in household of Claude Boyer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Almeda Jean Boyer, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Almeda Sloan in entry for Russell G Bloodgood and Thelma Lorraine Boyer, "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.
1905 · The Movie Theater
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
Irish (Down and Antrim) and Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Sluaghadháin ‘descendant of Sluaghadhán’, a diminutive of the Gaelic personal name Sluaghadh ‘raider’. Compare Slowey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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