Brief Life History of Mildred Bernice
When Mildred Bernice Morse was born on 22 August 1918, in California, United States, her father, Egbert Morse, was 41 and her mother, Ruby Catherine Wantz, was 18. She married George Roger Clow on 8 August 1942, in Pierce, Washington, United States. She lived in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1950. She died on 16 September 1994, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Mildred B Clow, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mildred B Morse, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
- Mildred B Morse, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: variant of Morris .
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses . Compare Morris .
History: Samuel Morse (1791–1872), inventor of the electric telegraph andof Morse code, was a direct descendant of Anthony Morse of Wiltshire,England, who had emigrated to MA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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