Brief Life History of Joseph Edward
When Joseph Edward LeMaster Jr was born on 18 December 1923, in Alvin, Brazoria, Texas, United States, his father, Joseph Edward LeMaster, was 20 and his mother, Nell Isabell Dacres, was 16. He married Mary Elizabeth Lloyd on 22 July 1948, in Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Brazoria, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 5, Brazoria, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 25 February 1995, in Harper, Gillespie, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Harper Community Cemetery, Harper, Gillespie, Texas, United States.
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- Joe Leemaster Jr. in household of Joe Leemaster, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joe Lemaster, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Joe Lemaster Jr. in entry for Mary Sue Lemaster, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of French Lemaistre, itself a variant of Lemaître ‘the master’ (see Lemaitre ). Compare Lamaster and Lemasters .
History: This surname is listed (in the form Le Master) along with its original form Le Maître in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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