Brief Life History of Cora Lee
When Cora Lee Richards was born on 20 April 1905, in Plano, Collin, Texas, United States, her father, Willis Lindsey Richards, was 34 and her mother, Virginia Florence Strain, was 30. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Oldham, Texas, United States in 1910 and Clarendon, Donley, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 2 December 1978, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73.
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- Cora L Richards in household of Willis L Richards, "United States Census, 1910"
- Cora Lee Richards, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Cora Lee Nicolson, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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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.
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.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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