Brief Life History of Jeanette Magdaline
When Jeanette Magdaline Erickson was born on 12 February 1906, in Badger, Webster, Iowa, United States, her father, Lewis Marshall Erickson, was 40 and her mother, Mary Adelaide Steadman, was 30. She married Dellos E. Whitacre on 20 July 1925, in Montour, Tama, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Richland Township, Franklin, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Ames, Story, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1987, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Jeanette M Whitacre, "United States, Census, 1950"
- Jeanette Erickson, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1944"
- Janette Erickson, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1907 · Pike's Market
Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Nels, Thor, Nils, Lars, Sven, Lief, Anders, Lennart, Iver, Elof, Erland.
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Ericsson and Eriksson , Norwegian, Danish, and North German Eriksen and Erichsen , or of any other Scandinavian or North German patronymic from a personal name derived from Old Norse Eiríkr, which is composed of ei ‘ever, always’ (or a shortened form of ein ‘one, only’) + rík ‘power’. Compare Ericksen , Ericson , and Erikson .
English (Lancashire): patronymic from the Middle English male personal name Eric (with the same etymology as 1 above) + son.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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