Brief Life History of Dorothy Louise
When Dorothy Louise Shear was born on 3 April 1894, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States, her father, Luther Wesley Shear, was 44 and her mother, Julia Cecilia Sorenson, was 29. She married Harold L. Johnson on 27 February 1915, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1920 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died about 1970, at the age of 77.
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Sources (8)
- Dorothy Louise Shear Johnson, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Dorothy Johnson in household of Harold Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Dorothy Shear, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
Spouse and Children
1890–1950 Male
1894–1970 Female
Children (4)
1915–1979 Male
1916–1916 Female
1920–1998 Female
1922–1995 Female
Parents and Siblings
1849–1915 Male
1865–1913 Female
Siblings (5)
1883–1972 Female
1885–1885 Female
1888–1966 Female
1892–1971 Female
1894–1970 Female
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
Age 3
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a beautiful or radiant person, or one with fair hair, from Middle English scher, schir ‘bright, fair’ (Old English scǣre, scīr). In addition, the name may be a habitational name from Shere (Surrey), named from the word above.
Possibly an altered form of German Schier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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