Brief Life History of Chester Ross
When Chester Ross Brock was born on 4 September 1893, in Pawnee City, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States, his father, Chester Serite Brock, was 34 and his mother, Ida Belle Fuller, was 31. He married Callie Payne on 15 December 1938, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. He lived in Maupin Election Precinct, Wasco, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Maupin, Wasco, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 26 January 1981, in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States.
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- Chester R Brock, "United States Census, 1950"
- Chester R Brock, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Chester Ross Brock, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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