David Louis Arata

Brief Life History of David Louis

When David Louis Arata was born on 27 January 1898, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Giuseppe Joseph Arata, was 34 and his mother, Giuseppina Josephine Brichetto, was 18. He married Mabel Ann Coffee on 10 December 1919, in Stanislaus, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Modesto Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1920 and Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 June 1961, in Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

David Louis Arata
1898–1961
Mabel Ann Coffee
1900–1982
Marriage: 10 December 1919
Janice Marilyn Arata
1921–2009
Mary Ann Arata
1925–1986
David Jay Arata
1932–1992

Sources (10)

  • David L Arata, "United States Census, 1920"
  • David L Arata, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
  • David L Arata, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

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.

Name Meaning

Italian (northern): topographic name for someone who lived near an area of cultivated land, from (terra) arata ‘cultivated (land)’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word, as for example Arata in Piedmont.

Japanese: written 荒田 ‘wild rice paddy’. It is found in the Ryūkyū Islands and listed in the Shinsen shōjiroku. Another version is 新田 ‘new rice paddy’, but this name is more usually pronounced Nitta or Shinden in Japan proper. All three names are found in western Japan.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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