Brief Life History of Bertha Elizabeth
When Bertha Elizabeth Pettengill was born on 25 April 1877, in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Calvin Peck Pettengill, was 23 and her mother, Ella Kendall, was 25. She married William Livesey Burdick on 21 November 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. She lived in Fulton, Callaway, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States in 1930.
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- Bertha Pettingale, "United States Census, 1880"
- Bertha Elizabeth Pettengill, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Bertha Elizabeth Pettengill in entry for William L Burdick, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages
Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English: medieval English name for someone from Portugal (see Portugal ), from Middle English Portingal(e) ‘Portugal’ (Old French Portugalois), later also meaning ‘Portuguese’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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