Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Lantz was born on 11 January 1918, in Texline, Dallam, Texas, United States, her father, Charles Wesley Lantz, was 42 and her mother, Bertha May Kelley, was 35. She married Woodrow Wilson Douglas on 17 July 1937, in Swisher, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Tulia, Swisher, Texas, United States in 1935 and Wichita Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 11 February 2011, in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Pecos, Reeves, Texas, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Mary B Douglas, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary E Lantz, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Mary Elizabeth Lantz Douglas/Sawyer, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
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
German: variant of Lanz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This form of the surname, which is rare in Germany today, is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Swedish: soldier's name from an old or ornamental spelling of lans ‘lance’. Compare Lans .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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