Lorraine Ellen Wallick

Female6 May 1900–18 October 1994

Brief Life History of Lorraine Ellen

When Lorraine Ellen Wallick was born on 6 May 1900, in Grant Township, Gage, Nebraska, United States, her father, Schuyler Ulysses Wallick, was 30 and her mother, Alta Irene Jewell, was 21. She had at least 1 son with Arlo Guy Shepherd. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 7 years and Downey Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She registered for military service in 1943. She died on 18 October 1994, in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States, at the age of 94.

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Family Time Line

Arlo Guy Shepherd
1897–1937
Lorraine Ellen Wallick
1900–1994
Roland D Shepherd
1919–1920

Sources (12)

  • Lorene Shepherd in household of Arlo Shepherd, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Loraine E Wallick, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
  • Loraine E Shepherd, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

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Children (1)

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Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 1

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 6

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

Age 27

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Perhaps an altered form of German Wallich, a variant of Walch , or a habitational name from Wallichen in Thuringia.

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

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