Brief Life History of Lorraine Eleanor
When Lorraine Eleanor Wills was born on 19 May 1927, her father, William Theodore Wills, was 24 and her mother, Neenah Ell Holcomb, was 25. She married Charles Millard Smith on 30 October 1948, in Oregon, United States. She lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 5 years and Multnomah, Multnomah, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 August 2017, at the age of 90, and was buried in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Lorraine Wills, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lorraine Eleanor Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Lorraine E Wills in entry for Charles M Smith, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
Name Meaning
English and German: variant of Will with genitival -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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