Brief Life History of Mabel Virginia
When Mabel Virginia Brisbin was born on 20 September 1921, in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States, her father, Milton Smith Brisbin, was 31 and her mother, Ruth Virginia Long, was 28. She married Frederick Vernon Howes on 16 March 1943, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1930. She died on 24 February 2012, in California, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Fort Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
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- Mabel Brisbin in household of Milton Brisbin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mabel V Brisbin, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Mabel V Howes, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brisbon . This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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