Brief Life History of Anna Gertrude
When Anna Gertrude Hays was born on 18 October 1904, in Corning, Randolph, Arkansas, United States, her father, Rutherford Benjamin Hays, was 24 and her mother, Bertha Albertie Lawson, was 21. She married Lawrence Warner Petty on 23 December 1929. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1950. She died on 6 November 1998, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Marshfield, Greene, Missouri, United States.
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- Anna Gertrude Petty, "United States 1950 Census"
- Annie Gertrude Petty, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
- Mrs Gertie Petty, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro
In a 37- acre plowed field in a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hayes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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