When Pearle Janet Justice was born on 5 December 1886, in Hardin, Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Justice, was 31 and her mother, Phebe Higdon, was 32. She lived in Judicial Township 3, San Mateo, California, United States in 1930. She registered for military service in 1921. She died on 4 March 1979, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English justice, justis(e) ‘judicial officer; judge’, Old French justise, justice ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right; court of justice; judge’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just ).
African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above, because of its literal meaning in English ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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