Brief Life History of Jesse Lee
When Jesse Lee Palmer was born on 19 September 1910, in Yeager, Hughes, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Frank Bullet Palmer, was 34 and his mother, Nettie Mae McCaslin, was 20. He married Dixie Brown Hancock on 26 July 1937, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Tontitown Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He died on 17 August 1981, in Yukon, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Jess Palmer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jesse Lee Sr Palmer - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Jesse Lee Sr Palmer
- Jess L Palmer, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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.
1917 · The Green Corn Rebellion
A farmer’s revolt known as the Green Corn Rebellion resulted due to frustration toward landowners and local authorities. A small group of wealthy landowners obtained property by fraudulent means which forced many Oklahoma farmers into a tenancy in 1917. Many farmers joined the Working Class Union who became hostile toward county officials. Hundreds of men gathered on the farm of John Spears in Sasakwa where they planned to march to Washington to repeal the draft act and end the war. Their plan included eating green corn and beef along the way, which gave the rebellion its name. An informer alerted authorities and their effort was halted as several groups collided with the rebels, firing shots into the air. The men scattered, three were killed, over 400 were arrested, and 150 were convicted and received federal prison sentences.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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