Sara Louise Sherman

Brief Life History of Sara Louise

When Sara Louise Sherman was born on 1 May 1912, in Illinois, United States, her father, Harry S. Sherman, was 43 and her mother, Ethel C Park, was 37. She married Ralph Steed Garrison on 8 September 1936, in Clark, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Long Beach Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 14 June 1999, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Steed Garrison
1910–1993
Sara Louise Sherman
1912–1999
Marriage: 8 September 1936
Tom Garrison
1942–

Sources (11)

  • Sara L Sharman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sara Louise Sherman - Government record: birth-name: Sara Louise Sherman
  • Jane Louise Sherman, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois

Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.

1935 · The FBI is Established

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

Name Meaning

English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.

Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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