Brief Life History of Zelda
When Zelda Reynolds was born on 23 March 1892, in Shasta, Shasta, California, United States, her father, Wesley Wing Reynolds, was 46 and her mother, Ada Marie Shaffer, was 34. She married Roy Myrle Fitzwater on 9 April 1913, in Lassen, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Shasta, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 6, Shasta, California, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1968, in Redding, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, McArthur, Shasta, California, United States.
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- Zelda Fitzwater, "United States 1950 Census"
- Zelda Reynolds, "California, Births and Christenings, 1812-1988"
- Zelda Reynolds, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .
History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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