William Charles Shirfield was born on 3 July 1892, in Clearwater, Louise, Manitoba, Canada. He married Ellen Louise Pickering on 4 January 1917, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. He died on 17 April 1978, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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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.
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.
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.
English: habitational name from Sherfield on Loddon, or Sherfield English (both Hampshire), probably from Old English scīr ‘bright, gleaming’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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