Helen Pelton

Female1926–5 April 2002

Brief Life History of Helen

When Helen Pelton was born in 1926, her father, Warren James Pelton, was 20 and her mother, Anita Stock, was 15. She died on 5 April 2002, in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Warren James Pelton
1906–1983
Anita Stock
1911–1989
Helen Pelton
1926–2002
George W. Pelton
1934–1962

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 1

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1929

    Age 3

    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.

    1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

    Age 21

    The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Pelton, a place in County Durham,named from an unattested Old English personal name Pēola +tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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