Brief Life History of Buelah Bracy
When Buelah Bracy Houghton Flynn was born on 9 December 1901, in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States, her father, Clarence Eugene Houghton, was 27 and her mother, Georgianna Belle Robertson Houghton, was 27. She married Howard Merle Flynn on 12 October 1921, in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Alpena Township, Alpena, Michigan, United States in 1950. She died on 1 December 1970, in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Beulah Flynn, "United States 1950 Census"
- Beulah B. Houghton, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Beulah Bracy Flynn, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.
variant of Haughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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