Brief Life History of Mabel Clare
When Mabel Clare Grandy was born on 30 October 1872, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, her father, Benjamin Warren Grandy, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Palmer, was 26. She married William Ellsworth Oesterling on 1 November 1891, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 25 August 1946, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States.
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- Mabel C Oesterling in household of William E Oesterling, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mabel C. Grandy, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Mabel, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
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.
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Grundy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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