Brief Life History of Leslie Lee
When Leslie Lee Shade was born on 3 March 1893, in Chesterfield, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, his father, Charles M. Shade, was 25 and his mother, Olive S Pitchford, was 19. He married Winnie Mae Ballard on 8 November 1915, in Jerseyville, Jersey, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Rockbridge Township, Greene, Illinois, United States in 1950 and Greenfield, Otago, New Zealand in 1967. He died on 20 March 1967, in Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, United States.
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- Leslie Shade, "United States Census, 1940"
- Leslie L. Shade, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
- Leslie Shade, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1896 · National Council of Women
The National Council of Women of New Zealand was created as an organization after women won the right to vote. Today works to help achieve gender equality in New Zealand and in 2017 introduced Gender Equal NZ, which is fighting for Zealanders to have the freedom and opportunity to determine their own future no matter which gender they are.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary, from Middle English shed(e) ‘boundary’ (Old English scēad).
English: perhaps a nickname for a very thin man, from Middle English shade, shadwe ‘shadow’ (Old English sceadu).
Americanized form of German and Dutch Schade .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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