When Alta Derr Cecil was born on 21 October 1910, in Johnson, Nebraska, United States, her father, Reuben Edgar Cecil, was 27 and her mother, Edith Lutitia Derr, was 24. She married George David Koch on 20 April 1935, in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1930. She died on 20 January 2002, in West Terre Haute, Sugar Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States.
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Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Welsh (Monmouthshire): from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt, sometimes wrongly said to derive from the Latin name Caecilius (see Sisley ). The most frequent modern spelling is a Renaissance attempt to connect the surname with Caecilius in the English pronunciation of its time. The Welsh name is more probably, but not definitely, from the Latin name Sextilius, a derivative of sextus ‘sixth’.
History: The great and powerful English Cecil family first came to prominence with David Cecil, a Monmouthshire gentleman who espoused the cause of Henry Tudor and came to court in London after the latter became king in 1485. His grandson William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520–98), was Elizabeth I's chief adviser for 40 years, and his descendants have remained politically powerful and culturally influential in Britain ever since. They were originally minor Welsh gentry; their name is found in a variety of forms, including Sitsylt, Ceyssel, and Sisseld.
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