Brief Life History of Thelma Irene
When Thelma Irene Sutherland was born on 6 June 1908, in Milton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States, her father, John Franklin Sutherland, was 39 and her mother, Martha Ellen South, was 39. She married Gaylord Myrl Torrey on 25 August 1934, in Walla Walla, Washington, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 25, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Umatilla, Umatilla, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 3 May 1994, in Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States.
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- Thelma Horn, "United States 1950 Census"
- Thelma Irene Sutherland, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Thelma Irene Schafer, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington
On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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