Betty Louise Reat

Female21 March 1925–5 November 2007

Brief Life History of Betty Louise

When Betty Louise Reat was born on 21 March 1925, in North Bend, Coos, Oregon, United States, her father, Harold Charles Reat, was 22 and her mother, Dorothy Louise Brewster, was 22. She married Ralph Glen Putnam on 2 October 1943, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in United States in 1949 and Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States in 1950. She died on 5 November 2007, in Cle Elum, Kittitas, Washington, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Kent, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ralph Glen Putnam
1925–1986
Betty Louise Reat
1925–2007
Marriage: 2 October 1943
Larry D. Putnam
1947–2019

Sources (11)

  • Betty L Putnam, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Betty Louise Reat, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Betty L Putnam, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 October 1943King, Washington, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 2

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1940

    Age 15

    Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.

    1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

    Age 22

    The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

    Name Meaning

    Perhaps an Americanized form of German Riehm , Rehm , or Röhm (see Roehm ).

    English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English reaume, reame ‘realm, dominion’, although the context for the adoption of this word as a surname is unclear.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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