Brief Life History of Alice Mae
When Alice Mae Rogers was born on 8 September 1903, in Vancleave, Jackson, Mississippi, United States, her father, Joseph Rogers, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Bernettie Rice, was 28. She married Rufus Smith in 1934. She lived in Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1988. She died on 9 January 1991, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Alice Rogers, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Alice Mae Rogers - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Alice Mae Rogers
- Alice M Beckham, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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