Brief Life History of Dorothy Leila
When Dorothy Leila Dittes was born on 1 April 1894, in Minnesota, United States, her father, Frederick Dittes, was 32 and her mother, Mary Arenia Glass, was 33. She married Walter Haviland Gerow on 7 December 1926. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Rainier, Prince George's, Maryland, United States in 1930 and Luverne, Rock, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died in 1950, in Goshen, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Washingtonville Cemetery, Washingtonville, Blooming Grove, Orange, New York, United States.
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- Dorothy Detties in household of Fred Detties, "United States Census, 1920"
- Dorothy Dittes in entry for Richard L Corliss, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Lilah D Dittis in household of Fredrick Dittis, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
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.
1898 · The Kensington Runestone
A Swedish man, Olof Ohman, was farming on his land when he came across a 202-pound rock slab that had strange writing on it. Convinced it was proof that Scandinavian explorers came to that area before Columbus found the Americas, he had it looked at by scholars and linguists to find its translation. There has been a drawn-out debate on the stone's authenticity, with a scholarly consensus that classifies it as a hoax and the community which is convinced that it is authentic.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
(2010: NA)
German: from a pet form of a personal name formed with Diet (ancient Germanic theud ‘people, race’), for example Dietrich .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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