Brief Life History of Chaney Burton
When Chaney Burton Gierhart was born on 12 March 1915, in Wanette, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Sylvester Sheridan Gierhart, was 43 and his mother, Jessie Estella Renfro, was 44. He married Ruth Ann Ford on 20 May 1933, in Konawa, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States. He died on 21 August 1966, in Lovelock, Pershing, Nevada, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Lovelock, Pershing, Nevada, United States.
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- Chaney B Gierhart, "United States 1950 Census"
- Chaney Burton Gierhart, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
- Chaney Burton Gierhart, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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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.
1919
Historical Boundaries: 1919: Pershing, Nevada, United States
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.
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North German: variant of Gerhardt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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