Brief Life History of Alda Blanche
When Alda Blanche Burchett was born on 3 June 1897, in Scott, Indiana, United States, her father, Leonidas A. Burchett, was 40 and her mother, America Ruth Ann Bartle, was 39. She married Lee Roy Meadows on 20 December 1916, in Jasper, Indiana, United States. She lived in Round Grove, Round Grove Township, White, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Wolcott, Princeton Township, White, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 October 1983, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Wolcott, Princeton Township, White, Indiana, United States.
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- Alda B Medows in household of Lou R Medows, "United States Census, 1920"
- Alda B Burckett, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Alda Blanche Burchett Meadows, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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.
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: topographic or habitational name from Middle English birchet ‘birch grove’ (Old English bircet, byrcet), a common element in minor placenames in Sussex and found also in Kent, Surrey, and Essex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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