Brief Life History of Richard Curtis
When Richard Curtis Leavitt was born on 5 February 1898, in Hanover, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Kinsman Leavitt, was 36 and his mother, Jennie Gail Walling, was 21. He married Irma Estelle Wheeler on 28 September 1917, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and National City, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. He died on 2 September 1986, in Mendocino, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, United States.
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- Richard C Leavitt in household of Bradford S Littlefield, "United States Census, 1920"
- Richard Curtis Leavitt, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Richard Curtis Leavitt, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English:
(of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French leuet ‘wolf cub’ (see Low 3).
habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Livet. All are of obscure, presumably Gaulish, etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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