Brief Life History of Lettie Lovetta
When Lettie Lovetta Stevens was born on 11 April 1870, in Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States, her father, Joseph Marion Stevens Sr., was 24 and her mother, Nancy Elizabeth McCashland, was 21. She married Everett Tandy Hill on 1 January 1891. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dodge Township, Ford, Kansas, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 5 September 1948, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Letty Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lettie Hill, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Lettie Stevens, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878
"Agnes L. Norton BIRTH 1859 DEATH 1878 (aged 18–19) BURIAL Forest Lawn Memorial Park Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA PLOT Col.""J"" Cathedral west wall cove. MEMORIAL ID 100037169 · View Source"
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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