Brief Life History of Lillian Stratton
When Lillian Stratton Cobb was born in 1884, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, her father, Harry Henderson Cobb, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Virginia Stratton, was 31. She married William Gentry Shelton Sr. on 1 October 1901, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States. She lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1940 and New York City, New York, United States in 1950.
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- Lillian C Shelton, "United States Census, 1950"
- Lillian S Cobb, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Lillian C Shelton, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
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 and Scottish (Angus): from the Middle English byname or personal name Cobbe, Cobba, or its Old Norse cognate Kobbi, which are probably from an element meaning ‘lump’, used to denote a large man.
Irish: shortened form of McCobb , a patronymic from the personal name Hob, an English pet form of Robert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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