Brief Life History of Leslie John
When Leslie John Just was born on 14 June 1891, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, Henry John Just, was 29 and his mother, Phyllis Elizabeth Pilgrim, was 24. He married Margaret Clara Maule on 1 March 1915, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in King, Washington, United States in 1935 and Lakewood Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 6 May 1949, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.
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- Leslie Just, "United States Census, 1940"
- F J Just, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- L J Just, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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.
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Christoph, Ernst, Gerhart, Heinz, Helmut, Hildegarde, Horst, Otto, Reinhard, Reinhold.
English, Scottish, German, Danish, Catalan, French, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Hungarian: from a personal name, from Latin Justus, from justus ‘just, upright’. There were several early Christian saints of this name, among them a 4th-century bishop of Lyon and a 6th-century bishop of Urgell in Catalonia. Compare Yust .
English: occasionally perhaps from a nickname, whether French or English, meaning ‘the just one’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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