Brief Life History of Dorothy Mary
When Dorothy Mary Hewitt was born on 19 May 1914, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, her father, Herschel Edgar Hewitt, was 38 and her mother, Argen May Davis, was 36. She married Wilbert Ellis Moore on 15 June 1936, in Yamhill, Oregon, United States. She lived in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Princeton Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States for about 1 years. She died on 23 June 1972, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Glen Haven Memorial Park, Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Dorothy M Moore, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dorothy Mary Hewitt, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Dorothy Mary Hewitt Moore, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1916
During a deadly heat wave, thousands of residents were at the seaside resorts of Jersey Shore. Between July 1 and July 2 of 1916, five different people were attacked by sharks, and four of them ultimately died. Scientific knowledge about sharks was limited at this time, so these tragic incidents started a wave of "shark panic" that was spread by telephone calls, letters, newspapers, and other media.
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.
1933
New Jersey was severely impacted by the Great Depression. In response to the economic woes of the country, President Franklin D Roosevelt issued a series of programs and regulations referred to as the "New Deal". One-tenth of the New Jersey population was already using New Deal programs by 1933.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Hewet, Huet, Hughet, Howet, pet forms of Hugh (Middle English Hewe, Hue; see Hugh and compare Hew ). The spelling Hughet stood for both Huet and the synonymous Huget; see Huggett . This surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
habitational name from Hewitts in Chelsfield or Hewitts in Willesborough (both Kent), both named from Old English hīewett ‘cutting’, denoting a place where trees had been cut down. Here there lived families called de la Hewatte (1270), de la hewett (1301), and atte Hewete (1338). The name may also be topographic for someone who lived in a newly made clearing in a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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