Brief Life History of Rosetta Jane
When Rosetta Jane Little was born on 11 August 1918, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, her father, James Lee Little, was 30 and her mother, Bessie Anice Mathis, was 23. She married Donald Wesley Chandler on 14 March 1936, in Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Bloomington, Perry Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 10 October 1997, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Rosetta Little, "United States Census, 1930"
- Rosetta Jane Little Chandler, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rosetta J Chandler, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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