Brief Life History of Mildred J
Mildred J Lake was born on 14 October 1896, in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. She married Edward Leslie Jarvis on 8 October 1913, in Lewis, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Diana, Lewis, New York, United States in 1920 and Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 February 1952, in Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- Mildred Jarvis, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mildred Lake, "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935"
- Mildred Lake in entry for Richard Robert Mack, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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