Brief Life History of Vera Isabel
When Vera Isabel Gatliff was born on 14 July 1903, in McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Lankford Gatliff, was 31 and her mother, Martha Ellen Michael, was 19. She lived in Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 27 May 1992, in Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Vera Gatliff in household of Benj L Gatliff, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Vera Isabel Gatliff - Government record: birth-name: Vera Isabel Gatliff
- Vera Gatliff in entry for Harry Thomas, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Gatecliff, a habitational name for someone from Gatley in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire), from Old English gāt ‘goat’ + clif ‘cliff, bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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