Brief Life History of Sylvia Leota
When Sylvia Leota Hummel was born on 16 June 1893, in Atlanta, Cowley, Kansas, United States, her father, John W Hummel, was 22 and her mother, Josephine Helen Thompson, was 24. She married Charles Mortimer Fleming on 28 January 1911, in Columbine, Routt, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 11 Honnold, Routt, Colorado, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1981, in Baggs, Carbon, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Sylvia L Fleming, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sylvia Leeta Hummel, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Sylvia Hummel Fleming, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from a pet form of Humbert or Humbold (a compound name with the same first element + bald ‘bold, brave’).
German, Dutch, and Danish (of German origin): nickname for a busy or bustling person, from Middle High German hummel, Middle Dutch hommel ‘bee’, of imitative origin. Compare English humblebee, which in modern English has become bumblebee.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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