Brief Life History of Walter Richard
When Walter Richard Kee was born on 18 February 1891, in Louisburg, Dallas, Missouri, United States, his father, Macklin Southard Kee, was 38 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Brown, was 16. He married Mamie Clara Campbell on 12 August 1910. He lived in Grant Township, Dallas, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 2 August 1943, in Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States.
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- Walter R Kee, "United States Census, 1940"
- Walter Kee, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Walter Richard Kee, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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
Irish: shortened form of McKee .
Dutch: from a pet form of the personal name Cornelis (see Cornelius ).
Native American (Navajo): from an American English shortened and altered form of a Navajo personal name based on ashkii ‘boy’, such as Kii Yázhí ‘Little Boy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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