Gertrude Lydia Gerry

Brief Life History of Gertrude Lydia

When Gertrude Lydia Gerry was born on 13 March 1889, in Weld, Colorado, United States, her father, Orin A Gerry, was 34 and her mother, Adelade Paulina Ramsdell, was 34. She married James Marshall Regan on 23 June 1907, in Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 8 February 1972, in Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Marshall Regan
1885–1966
Gertrude Lydia Gerry
1889–1972
Marriage: 23 June 1907
John Gerry Regan
1908–1982
Katherine Ethel Regan
1909–1994
George Elbridge Regan
1911–1972
James Ralph Marshall Regan Jr.
1914–

Sources (15)

  • Gertrude Regan, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Gertrude Lydia Gerry - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Gertrude Lydia Gerry
  • Gertrude Gerry, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"

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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

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Name Meaning

English (Devon and Cornwall): of Norman origin, a variant of Geary .

Possibly an altered form of German Gehri, a variant of Gehr 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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