Herbert Lee Sutton

Brief Life History of Herbert Lee

When Herbert Lee Sutton was born on 2 February 1912, in Meeker, Lincoln, Oklahoma, United States, his father, James Elzy Sutton, was 26 and his mother, Alma Lizie Thomas, was 21. He married Della Particia Roberts on 20 May 1930, in Caribou, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1935 and School District 7 Townsend, Broadwater, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 21 April 1971, in Idaho, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.

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Herbert Lee Sutton
1912–1971
Della Particia Roberts
1913–1997
Marriage: 20 May 1930
Richard Lee Sutton
1931–2007

Sources (20)

  • Herbert Sutton, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Herbert Lee Sutton, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Herbert Lee Sutton, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1914

Historical Boundaries: 1914: Third Judicial District, Alaska Territory, United States 1959: Third Judicial District, Alaska, United States 1960: Greater Anchorage Area, Alaska, United States 1974: Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States* *Merged with the city to make a unified city-borough

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: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.

Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.

English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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