Jane Girton

Female20 July 1910–October 1985

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Girton was born on 20 July 1910, in Scott Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Girton, was 21 and her mother, Olive Crawford, was 21. She died in October 1985, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75.

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Girton
1890–
Olive Crawford
1890–
Jane Girton
1910–1985

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    World Events (3)

    1912 · The Girl Scouts

    Age 2

    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 3

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment

    Age 3

    The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Girton or Gretton. Gretton in Northamptonshire, as well as Girton in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, are named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn, while Gretton, Gloucestershire, is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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