Brief Life History of Alberta May
When Alberta May Long was born on 28 February 1907, in Delaware, United States, her father, Zeno P Long, was 27 and her mother, Christina E Lynch, was 26. She married Henry Percival Marshall Jr on 27 November 1946, in Sussex, Delaware, United States. She lived in Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1930 and Representative District 6, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1940. She died on 14 May 1985, in Camden, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lewes, Sussex, Delaware, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Alberta Long in household of Clarence Short, "United States Census, 1940"
- Alberta May Wilgus, "Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954"
- Alberta L. Marshall, "Find A Grave Index"
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1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1910 · Battleship USS Delaware Commissioned
"The USS Delaware was commissioned on November 10, 1910. This was ship number six that had been named after the """"first state."""" It was top of the line but during WWI never saw battle."
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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