Brief Life History of Alma Elnora
When Alma Elnora Taft was born on 11 October 1898, in Westfield Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Charles Enos Taft, was 20 and her mother, Mary Rosalyn "Mame" Lattimer, was 22. She married Winfield Daniel Atwell on 11 May 1918, in Troupsburg, Troupsburg, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Clymer Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Westfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 7 November 1979, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Alma Daniels, "United States Census, 1940"
- Alma E Taft, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Alma Taft in entry for Merle Eugene Atwell, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Staffordshire and Derbyshire): variant of Toft .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or metonymic occupational name from German Taft ‘taffeta’.
History: Robert Taft (born c. 1640), lived in Braintree, MA, and subsequently Mendon, MA. — Alphonso Taft (1810–91), jurist and politician born in Townshend, VT, was the father of William Howard Taft (1857–1930), 27th president of the US and chief justice of the US Supreme Court.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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