Brief Life History of Jessie Josephine
When Jessie Josephine Hurst was born on 15 September 1913, her father, Frank James Hurst, was 40 and her mother, Lydia Mae Deming, was 36. She married Clyde Elroy Richardson on 26 September 1936, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Middleville Township, Wright, Minnesota, United States in 1950 and Minnesota, United States in 1967. She died on 21 October 1993, at the age of 80, and was buried in River Falls, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Jessie Richardson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jessie Josephine Hurst - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Jessie Josephine Hurst
- Jessie J Richardson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home
Charles Gates was the first person in the United States to install air conditioning in his home. Funny thing was, Gates died a year before it was installed.
1919 · Minimum Wage Laws Passed
The first minimum wage law took effect in 1919 and specified women and children under 17 years of age should be paid 22 cents per hour.
1934 · Kohler Strike
Employees at Kohler Company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, attempted to organize a union, but the company would not work with them. The employees organized a strike on July 27, 1934. Events escalated and two people were killed and 47 were injured.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a wood or wooded hill, from Middle English hirst(e), herst(e), hurst(e) (Old English hyrst) or a habitational name from any of the places so called, such as Hurst Green (in Mitton, Lancashire), Hirst (Northumberland), Hurst (Berkshire, Kent, Warwickshire), Hurstpierpoint (Sussex), or Hirst in Longwood (Yorkshire).
Irish: re-Anglicized form of de Horsaigh, the Gaelicized form of the English habitational name Horsey , established in Ireland since the 13th century.
German and Swiss German (also Hürst): topographic name from Middle High German hurst ‘woodland, thicket’; or a habitational name from a place so named in Westphalia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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