Brief Life History of Clara Julie
When Clara Julie Gatlin was born on 13 January 1894, in Mount Holly, Union, Arkansas, United States, her father, Robert Mcree Gatlin, was 28 and her mother, Lucy Ella Hamm, was 20. She married George Lewis on 21 October 1914, in Ouachita, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Boone Township, Union, Arkansas, United States for about 30 years. She died on 6 October 1983, in Stephens, Ouachita, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Mount Holly Cemetery, Mount Holly, Union, Arkansas, United States.
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- Clara Lewis in household of George Lewis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Clara Gatlin - Published information: birth: 13 January 1894; Mount Holly, Union, Arkansas, United States
- Clara Gatlin, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: probably a variant of Catlin or Gadling, the latter a nickname perhaps from Middle English gad(e)ling, ged(e)ling ‘companion, rogue’ (Old English gædeling ‘kinsman, comrade’).
Possibly an altered form of German Göttling, from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with god ‘god’ or gōd ‘good’ + -ling suffix of affiliation, or, like Gättling (of which this may also be an altered form), a nickname from Middle High German getlinc ‘companion, kinsman’. Compare 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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