Brief Life History of Chester Ward
When Chester Ward Fritter was born on 19 December 1894, in Stafford, Virginia, United States, his father, Burrell F. Fritter, was 41 and his mother, Maggie Dora Garrison, was 33. He married Anna Lucille Reese on 25 October 1924, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 21 December 1964, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Chester W Fritter, "United States Census, 1950"
- Chester Ward Fritter, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Chester Ward Fritter, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fretter, an occupational name for amaker of ornaments (especially for the hair) consisting of jewels setin a lattice network, from an agent derivative of Middle Englishfrette, Old French frete ‘interlaced work’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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