Brief Life History of Gladys Gertrude
When Gladys Gertrude Lee was born on 16 November 1895, in Arizona, United States, her father, Joseph Willard Brigham Lee, was 27 and her mother, Edith Mae Kimball, was 19. She married Roy Lee Roberts on 22 August 1918, in Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 May 1975, in Shingletown, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Gladys G Roberts in household of Roy L Roberts, "United States Census, 1930"
- Gladys Gertrude Lee, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
- Gladys Gertrude Lee, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.
English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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