Brief Life History of Vera Lee
When Vera Lee Bolton was born on 26 April 1900, in Shiloh, Lavaca, Texas, United States, her father, Joseph Edward Bolton, was 35 and her mother, Mary Bolton, was 28. She had at least 1 son with Alfred Archie Johnston. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Freestone, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 4, Limestone, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 23 March 1977, in Mexia, Limestone, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mexia City Cemetery, Mexia, Limestone, Texas, United States.
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- Vera Lee Johnston, "United States 1950 Census"
- Vera Johnston, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"
- Vera Johnston, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern England named Bolton (Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire) or from Boulton in Derbyshire and East Lothian in Scotland, from Old English bothl ‘dwelling, house’ (see Bold 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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