Brief Life History of St. Clair
When St. Clair McKelway was born on 13 February 1905, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, Alexander Jeffery II McKelway, was 38 and his mother, Lavina Rutherford Smith, was 40. He married Estelle Cassidy on 5 December 1929, in Japan. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1940 and lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 January 1980, at the age of 74.
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Sources (9)
- St Clair McKelway in household of Ruth S McKelway, "United States Census, 1920"
- St Clair Mc Kelway, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- St Mckelway, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1913 · Women's Suffrage Demonstration
A demonstration for women's suffrage takes place on March 3, 1913. This is the first suffrage parade in Washington D.C. One of the notable women in attendance is Ida B. Wells.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Irish: Mac, son, and Elway, from Gaillim, or Galway, meaning son of Galway, the town of the strangers
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