Brief Life History of Hazel Fern
When Hazel Fern Cliff was born on 20 May 1894, in Grafton, Walsh, North Dakota, United States, her father, John Charles Cliff, was 37 and her mother, Cora Mae Hostetler, was 31. She married George Herman Woodward on 21 July 1917, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Los Angeles Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 1 March 1970, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Hasel C Woodward in household of George H Woodward, "United States Census, 1920"
- Hasel C Woodward, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Harel Fern Cliff, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Cliff(e), Cle(e)ve, or Clive, from Old English clif ‘slope, bank, cliff’, or a topographic name from the same word. The Old English word was used not only in the sense of modern English cliff but also of much gentler slopes and frequently also of a riverbank or seashore.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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