Brief Life History of Bernice Jeanette
When Bernice Jeanette Budd was born on 24 July 1912, in Sayville, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States, her father, Charles Ellsworth Budd, was 26 and her mother, Minnie Jeanette Dewaal, was 25. She married Frederick William Martin on 26 September 1937, in Great River, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Patchogue, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1920 and Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States for about 15 years. She died on 1 November 1956, at the age of 44, and was buried in Sayville, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Bernise Martin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bernice B. Budd - birth-name: Bernice B. Budd
- Bernice Jeanette Budd Martin, "Find A Grave Index"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: from an Old English byname, Budda, which was applied to a thickset or plump person. Alternatively, a nickname from Middle English budde ‘bud, swelling’ with the same meaning as the Old English byname.
German: variant of Budde and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of this. This surname is very rare in Germany.
History: John Budd was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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