Brief Life History of Bertha Alta
When Bertha Alta Lewis was born on 28 January 1879, in Madison, Nebraska, United States, her father, Leonard Leland Lewis, was 57 and her mother, Lorinda L Rounds, was 40. She married John Harrison Crook on 1 January 1898. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Bonesteel, Gregory, South Dakota, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 September 1970, in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Bertha A Kirk in household of John H Kirk, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bertha A Crook, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Bertha Lewis, "Nebraska, Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1892
Historical Boundaries: 1892: Gregory, South Dakota, United States
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
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: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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