Brief Life History of Bessie Elisabeth
When Bessie Elisabeth Woodland was born on 11 September 1915, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, her father, Joseph Morrison Woodland, was 32 and her mother, Johanna Adelaar, was 33. She had at least 1 son with William Schwartz Terwilleger. She lived in Kurtz Nampa Election Precinct, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1940 and San Leandro, Alameda, California, United States in 1966. She died on 15 June 1996, in Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Bessie Woodland in household of Joseph Morrison Woodland, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Idaho, U.S., Birth Index, 1861-1919, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967
- U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
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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.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): from Middle English wodeland (wode ‘wood’ + land(e), lond(e) ‘land’, Old English wuduland). The surname may be topographic, for a person who lived at or near a wood or woodland, or habitational, for a person from any of various places so named, such as Woodland (Devon), Woodlands (Dorset), and Woodlands in Almondsbury (Gloucestershire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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