Brief Life History of Mable Estelle
When Mable Estelle Spear was born on 30 May 1897, in Fall River, Greenwood, Kansas, United States, her father, Orlin Wilham Spear, was 46 and her mother, Martha J. Schuchman, was 38. She died on 16 February 1980, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Infant Spear, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mable Esttlle Spear Pray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mabel Speer in household of Orlin W Speer, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): nickname from Middle English spere ‘spear’ (Old English spere), perhaps used for a tall, thin person, or for a maker or skilled user of spears. Compare Spearman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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