Brief Life History of Mabel Jesse
When Mabel Jesse Purdy was born on 10 April 1893, in Mendocino, California, United States, her father, John Purdy, was 23 and her mother, Lorena Prothero, was 21. She married George Elmer Pinches in 1912, in Mendocino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Long Valley Judicial Township, Mendocino, California, United States in 1940 and Willits, Mendocino, California, United States in 1950. She died on 12 January 1993, in Mendocino, California, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Laytonville, Mendocino, California, United States.
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- Mabel J Pinches, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mabel Purdy en el registro de Mervin Edwin Pinches, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mabel Purdy, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from Old French pour Dieu ‘for God(‘s sake)’, from frequent use of this expression as an oath. See also Perdue .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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