Brief Life History of Bessie E
When Bessie E Heistand was born on 27 July 1894, in Wyandotte, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Ephraim H Heistand, was 44 and her mother, Margaret Elizabeth Eyelena Foster, was 38. She married Jessie W. Friend on 24 August 1913, in Wyandotte, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Bristol, Prowers, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Ottawa Township, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 8 April 1987, in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Ottawa Indian Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Bessie Friend, "United States 1950 Census"
- Bessie E Heistand, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Bessie E. Heistand Friend, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1906
Historical Boundaries: 1906: Prowers, Colorado, United States
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
German: probably a topographic name from Middle High German hou ‘tree felling unit in a forest’ + stand ‘seat, place, location’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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