Brief Life History of Zealiah Mae
When Zealiah Mae Pease was born on 1 August 1902, in Beulah, Crawford, Kansas, United States, her father, William Horace Pease, was 27 and her mother, Lucretia May Arnold, was 16. She married William Wadsworth Miller on 9 June 1926, in Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Texas, United States in 1969. She died on 27 May 1984, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Zealiak Pease Miller in household of William Wadsworth Miller, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Zealiah Miller, "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005"
- Walter Sikes' WWII draft card
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pese, pise (Old English peose, pise) ‘pea’. The word was commonly used to denote something small or of little worth, as in the phrase not worth a pese. It may have been used to nickname someone who habitually used the term or who was thought to merit it. It might alternatively have been a name for a pea-seller. Compare Bean .
Americanized form of French Pié (see Pie ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
History: Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha's Vineyard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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