Brief Life History of Arra Lee
When Arra Lee Osborne was born in 1921, her father, Chester Arthur Osburn, was 40 and her mother, Emma Theresa Wiesenborn, was 39. She married William Alfred Pittman on 20 August 1938, in Brown Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Brown, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 3, Brown, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 31 January 2003, in May, Brown, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in May Cemetery, May, Brown, Texas, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Arra L Osburn in household of Chester A Osburn, "United States Census, 1930"
- Arra Lee Osburn, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Arra Lee Osburn Pittman, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Osbern, partly from late Old English Ōsbern, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Ásbiǫrn (from áss ‘god’ + biǫrn ‘bear’), but more usually from Norman use of the cognate ancient Germanic Ōsbern. Osbern was often treated as an alternative form of Osbert. For pet forms see Hoskin and Opie . The surname has also been established in Ireland (Waterford, Tipperary) since the mid 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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