When Catherine Frances Hewett was born on 9 September 1897, in Ewing, Holt, Nebraska, United States, her father, Allen Leeman Hewett, was 23 and her mother, Harriet Sarah Mastick, was 20. She married Millard Charles Hanson on 16 July 1923, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Saunemin, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 19 March 1970, in San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ojai, Ventura, California, United States.
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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.
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.
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
English: variant of Hewitt .
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