Viola Beatrice Look

Brief Life History of Viola Beatrice

When Viola Beatrice Look was born in April 1885, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, William Look, was 28 and her mother, Christina Mary Antreisch, was 28. She married Norman James Chapoton on 6 October 1906, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Detroit Ward 17, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 9 December 1959, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in California, United States.

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Norman James Chapoton
1887–1926
Viola Beatrice Look
1885–1959
Marriage: 6 October 1906
Margarete Viola Chapoton
1907–2000
Rosalind Virginia Chapoton
1910–1986
Stephenae C Chapoton
1917–
William Eugene Chapaton
1917–1980

Sources (15)

  • Viola B Chapaton, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Viola Beatrice Chapoton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Viola B Look, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): variant of Luke .

German: variant of Loock .

Flemish and Dutch (mainly Van Look): topographic name from look ‘enclosure’ or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.

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

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