Brief Life History of Sarah Grace
When Sarah Grace Kirkwood was born on 10 August 1899, in Zachary, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, her father, John William Kirkwood, was 29 and her mother, Permilia Jane Hunt, was 30. She married Robert Russell Robertson on 1 August 1915, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Galveston Land District, Texas, United States in 1920 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 23 June 1950, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.
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- Grace Robertson in household of Russ R Robertson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Sarah Grace Fitzgerald, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Sarah Grace Robertson in entry for Capt Robert Russell Robertson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central): habitational name from any of at least three places in Scotland called Kirkwood (Ayrshire, Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire), named with Middle English kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja) + wode ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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