Brief Life History of Lora Gladys
When Lora Gladys Wadkins was born on 18 November 1914, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States, her father, James Odis Wadkins, was 20 and her mother, Martha Jane Lewis, was 18. She married Benjamin Franklin Cole on 11 May 1856, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 10 Rock Collins, DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 30 years. She died on 28 August 1998, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in DeKalb, Alabama, United States.
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- Lora Roden, "United States 1950 Census"
- Laura Watkins, "Michigan, Marriages, 1822-1995"
- Lora Roden in entry for Marion Franklin Roden, "Alabama, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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English (Yorkshire): variant of Watkins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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