Brief Life History of Lula Kathryn
When Lula Kathryn Sanborn was born on 16 November 1898, in Beaver Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, her father, George Hinkson Sanborn, was 23 and her mother, Mary Alice Crabb, was 24. She married Roland Preston Weesner on 16 February 1921, in Stuart, Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died on 24 December 1957, in Dexter, Dallas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 59.
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- Lulu C Sanborn in household of George H Sanborn, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lula Kathryn Sanborn - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: ; Menlo, Guthrie, Iowa, United States
- Lula K Sanborn, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
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: habitational name probably from Sambourne in Warminster or Sambourn in Minety (both Wiltshire), but perhaps also from Sambourne (Warwickshire). The placenames all derive from Old English sand ‘sand’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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