Pearl Elizabeth Stoker

Brief Life History of Pearl Elizabeth

When Pearl Elizabeth Stoker was born on 28 September 1891, in California, United States, her father, King Ellibious Stoker, was 36 and her mother, Ella Emma Dover, was 22. She married Clarence B Thompson on 5 November 1910, in San Joaquin, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1930 and O'Neal Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1940. She died on 8 February 1989, in San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Stockton, San Joaquin, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clarence B Thompson
1888–
Pearl Elizabeth Stoker
1891–1989
Marriage: 5 November 1910
Lois Pearl Thompson
1911–2014

Sources (21)

  • Pearl E Pearson in household of Frank A Fagan, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Pearl W Stoker, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Pearl Elizabeth Pearson, "California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991"

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World Events (8)

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.

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name for someone who lived at a place called Stoke; see Stoke .

English: in northeastern England, a variant of Stokoe .

English: in southern England, especially in Sussex and Surrey, a variant of Stocker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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