Brief Life History of Leslie Russell
When Leslie Russell Shumate was born on 3 May 1911, in Burlington, Kit Carson, Colorado, United States, his father, Fredrick Billman Shumate, was 38 and his mother, Effnie Laura Winegar, was 36. He lived in Election Precinct 34 Big Thompson, Larimer, Colorado, United States in 1940 and Larimer, Colorado, United States for about 1 years. He died on 10 February 1983, in Pinole, Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Leslie R Shumate, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Leslie Russell Shumate - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Leslie Russell Shumate
- Leslie Russell Shumate, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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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.
1914 · The Ludlow Massacre
On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Chaumette: topographic name for someone who lived on a chaumette, a high, arid plateau with very little vegetation, derived from a diminutive of chaume ‘bare land’ (from a specialized sense of Latin calmus ‘calm, unruffled’); or a habitational name from La Chaumette, the name of several places in the central part of France. See also Delashmutt , compare Shoemate .
History: Jean de la Chaumette from Rochechouart in Haute-Vienne became a wealthy colonist in Martinique and subsequently (1722) a tobacco planter in VA. In North America his surname was changed to Shumate. He was the brother of Pierre de la Chaumette (see Delashmutt ). Jean de la Chaumette is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while his brother Pierre is listed in the similar register of the (US) National Huguenot Society.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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