Brief Life History of Glena Lee
When Glena Lee Richards was born on 31 May 1928, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, her father, Daniel Brigham Richards, was 31 and her mother, Frances Hellena Hardwick, was 21. She lived in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States for about 5 years and Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1950. She died on 15 February 2012, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Glenna L Nichols, "United States 1950 Census"
- Glena Lee Nichols, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Glena L Nichols, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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World Events (8)
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1940
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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