Brief Life History of Ward W
When Ward W Houston was born in 1919, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, his father, William Edward Houston, was 37 and his mother, Olive Dorothy Mechling, was 20. He married Sally M Stark on 13 March 1945, in Howard, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Martin Township, Crawford, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Montgomery Township, Crawford, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 6 April 1995, in Wabash, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Wabash, Illinois, United States.
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- Ward W Houston in household of Edward Houston, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ward W Houston, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Ward W Houston, "Find A Grave Index"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
The first Woman's World's Fair was held in Chicago in 1925. The idea of the completely women-run fair was to display the progress of ideas, work, and products of twentieth-century women
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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