Brief Life History of Claud C.
When Claud C. Speer was born on 9 July 1913, in Athens, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, his father, Benjamin Brantley Speer, was 42 and his mother, Carrie Lee Ward, was 30. He married Evia Dee Mask on 9 July 1932. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Ward Six, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 24 February 1999, in Arcadia, Bienville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hurricane, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States.
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- Claude Speers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Claud C Speer, "Find A Grave Index"
- C C Speer in entry for Speer, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch sper ‘spear’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting spear. In part, it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spears.
German: nickname for someone thought to resemble a sparrow, Middle High German spar(e) ‘sparrow’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Speyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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