Brief Life History of Lena Fern
When Lena Fern Workman was born on 11 September 1896, in Christian, Illinois, United States, her father, John W. Workman, was 37 and her mother, Henrietta Anna Myers, was 28. She married Edward John Richards in 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Collinsville, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Nameoki Township, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died in April 1976, in Granite City, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79.
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Sources (15)
- Lena Richards, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lena Fern Workman, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Lena Richards in entry for Regina Richards Streett, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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