Brief Life History of Betty Lou
When Betty Lou Fredricks was born on 9 March 1929, in Alva Township, Woods, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Luther Otto Fredricks, was 26 and her mother, Viola Mary Briant, was 23. She married Bruce Monroe Hiatt on 3 July 1945, in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Malheur City, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950 and Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1963. She died on 3 February 2005, in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Betty L Hiatt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Betty Lou Collins, "Idaho Marriage Index, 1947-1961"
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
Name Meaning
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Fredrick .
English: variant of Fredericks .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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