Brief Life History of Mamie
When Mamie Wheatley was born on 16 October 1909, in Benton, Arkansas, United States, her father, George Francis Wheatley, was 30 and her mother, Anne Capps, was 32. She married Johnie Leonard Goates on 19 January 1935, in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. She lived in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years and Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1980. She died on 16 April 1980, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mamie Wheatley - Published information: Transcript: birth-name: Mamie Wheatley
- Mammie Wheatley, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Wheatley, for example in Essex, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Yorkshire, or from Whatley in Somerset and Whateley in Warwickshire, all name of which are named with Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’. Compare Whatley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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