Brief Life History of Venice Orlena
When Venice Orlena Bills was born on 30 December 1900, in Bluffdale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, David Bills, was 26 and her mother, Lorena Emeline Smith, was 29. She married Harry Havelock Smith on 5 October 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1940 and lived in Stavely, MD of Willow Creek No. 26, Alberta, Canada in 1926 and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1931. She died on 30 January 1976, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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- Venice Bill Smith, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Venice Orlena Bills, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937" - 1922
- Venice B Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
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.
1902 · Montana Capital Building Completed
Construction started on the Montana state capital in 1899. In 1902 the capital was completed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): variant of Bill 1 and 2, with, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dutch: from bijl ‘axe’, used to denote someone who made or used axes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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