Brief Life History of Lila Hattie
When Lila Hattie Wilson was born on 20 July 1877, in Missouri, United States, her father, Francis Sawyer Wilson, was 32 and her mother, Fidelia Jane Holden, was 20. She married Joseph Hayden Nowell on 12 October 1899, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died on 24 January 1959, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Lila H Nowell in household of Joseph H Nowell, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lila Hattie Nowell, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Lila Hattie Wilson Nowell, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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