Brief Life History of Eugene Beauregard
When Eugene Beauregard Gilleland was born on 15 July 1891, in Cline, Gila, Arizona, United States, his father, Daniel Moses Gilleland, was 30 and his mother, Anna Rose Packard, was 25. He married Marjorie Bertha Chase on 7 April 1919, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States for about 5 years and Portland City Election Precinct 328, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 8 February 1985, in San Leandro, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Eugene Gilleland, "United States Census, 1920"
- Eugene Beauregard Gilleland, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Eugene Gilliland Or Gilleland, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
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.
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.
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Scottish and Irish: variant of Gilliland . This form of the surname is found mainly in Lancashire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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