Glady May Armstrong
13 May 1900–12 August 1969 (Age 69)
Karangahake, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
The Life of Glady May
When Glady May Armstrong was born on 13 May 1900, in Karangahake, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, her father, Thomas James Armstrong, was 27 and her mother, Alice Cecelia Brady, was 26. She died on 12 August 1969, at the age of 69.
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Family Time Line
Thomas Anderson
1898–1970
Glady May Armstrong
1900–1969
Spouse and Children
Thomas Anderson
1898–1970Male
1900–1969Female
Parents and Siblings
Thomas James Armstrong
1873–Male
Alice Cecelia Brady
1874–Female
siblings
(4)
1900–1969Female
Mary Josephine Armstrong
1901–1901Female
Ivy Magadaline Armstrong
1903–Female
Hilda Jane Armstrong
1906–Female
World Events (3)
1907
Age 7
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1907 · Dominion of New Zealand
Age 7
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
1914
Age 14
Outbreak of World War I. New Zealand commits thousands of troops to the British war effort. They suffer heavy casualties in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915.
Name Meaning
1 English (common in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): Middle English nickname for someone who was strong in the arm.2 Irish: adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O’Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’, both from Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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