Brief Life History of Erma Elma
When Erma Elma Heath was born on 24 September 1896, in Tehachapi, Kern, California, United States, her father, Charles H. Heath, was 35 and her mother, Elma Smith, was 20. She married Chesley Marion Johnson on 4 October 1920, in Azusa, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Judicial Township 8, Kern, California, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 27 February 1972, in Tehachapi, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Tehachapi, Kern, California, United States.
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- Erma E Johnson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Erma Heath, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Erma Johnson, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
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.
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
English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) heath’ (Middle English he(a)th, Old English hǣth) or else a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word. The same word also denoted heather, the characteristic plant of heathland areas. This surname has also been established in Dublin, Ireland, since the late 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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