Brief Life History of Bertha Jane
When Bertha Jane Hutchins was born on 23 June 1879, in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States, her father, Martin Luther Hutchins, was 31 and her mother, Lydia J Crandall, was 20. She married Frank Alexander Potter on 26 June 1901, in Papillion, Sarpy, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Johnstown, Brown, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died on 5 December 1946, in Lawndale, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Bertha Hutchins in household of Martin L Hutchins, "Nebraska, State Census, 1885"
- Bertha Jane Potter, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Bertha J Potter, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Nebraska, United States 1884: Brown, Nebraska, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hutcheon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s; see Houchin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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