Brief Life History of Gertrude
When Gertrude Liipfert was born on 1 August 1893, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Joseph Liipfert, was 33 and her mother, Bettie P Bailey, was 21. She married William Landon Hill on 28 January 1920, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States in 1976. She died on 5 April 1976, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States.
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- Gertrude L Hill, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gertrude Lüppert, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Gertrude Liipfert Hill, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
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World Events (8)
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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
From a Germanic female personal name, derived from gār, gēr ‘spear’ + þrūþ ‘strength’. The name is not found in England immediately after the Conquest, but only in the later Middle English period. It may have been introduced by migrants from the Low Countries who came to England in connection with the cloth trade, and was certainly in consistent use in some areas throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, although it was not generally popular until the 19th century, when many medieval names were revived. It has now fallen from favour again.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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