Brief Life History of Lena Mary
When Lena Mary Peacock was born on 25 November 1894, in North Albany, Benton, Oregon, United States, her father, William Fairweather Peacock, was 49 and her mother, Mary Ellen Whetstone, was 37. She married Emil A Anderson on 25 November 1919, in Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States. She lived in United States in 1949 and Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 21 June 1988, in Linn, Oregon, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Riverside, Linn, Oregon, United States.
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- Lena M Anderson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lena Mary Anderson, "Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929"
- Lena, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
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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.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pecock, pacok, pocok, Old English pēacocc ‘peacock’. It could be used as a personal name or as a nickname for one ‘as proud as a peacock’. Compare Paw , Pay . This surname is widespread in England and southern Scotland, and is also established in Ireland. Compare Pea .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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