Brief Life History of Lena Mildred
When Lena Mildred Bray was born on 24 August 1896, in Montana, United States, her father, Thomas H Bray, was 37 and her mother, Bessie Mildred Gilbert, was 34. She married Richard James Nuttall on 28 February 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 26 May 1991, in Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Lena M Nuttall, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lena Mildred Bray, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
- Lena Mildred Bray, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1902 · Montana Capital Building Completed
Construction started on the Montana state capital in 1899. In 1902 the capital was completed.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.
English: perhaps a topographic name from northern Middle English bra ‘steep (river) bank’ or ‘brow of a hill’, denoting someone who lived at such a place.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy or Picardy called Bray (Eure, Calvados, Aisne, Somme); see 6.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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