When Sylvia Louise Chesmore was born on 26 June 1893, in Walker, Linn, Iowa, United States, her father, Almon Riley Chesmore, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Lucretia Oliphant, was 31. She married Claus August Berklund on 30 November 1911, in Alexander, McKenzie, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Howell Township, Howell, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Alexander, McKenzie, North Dakota, United States for about 30 years. She died on 28 July 1976, in Yellowstone, Montana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, Richland, Montana, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1905: Wallace, North Dakota, United States 1905: McKenzie, North Dakota, United States
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: apparently a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
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