Dena Mary Otis

Brief Life History of Dena Mary

When Dena Mary Otis was born on 15 March 1920, in Big Timber, Sweet Grass, Montana, United States, her father, Leon Claude Otis, was 29 and her mother, Madge Armada Curtis, was 26. She married Henry Leroy Zimmerman Jr on 3 May 1940, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in San Jose Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1940 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 28 January 2010, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Madera, Madera, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Leroy Zimmerman Jr
1918–1997
Dena Mary Otis
1920–2010
Marriage: 3 May 1940
Rex Leroy Zimmerman
1941–2023

Sources (18)

  • Dena M Zimmerman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dena Mary Otis - Individual or family possessions: birth: 15 March 1920; Big Timber, Sweet Grass, Montana, United States
  • Dena Mary Otis Zimmerman, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1921 · Groundbreaking for Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple

Groundbreaking for the Latter-day Saint Mesa Arizona Temple took place on April 25, 1922, by Heber J. Grant.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Oates . This name is very common in America, but now rare in Britain.

History: John Otis emigrated from England in 1631 to Hingham, MA; he had many prominent descendants. His great grandson, James Otis (1725–83), was a Boston lawyer who played a major role in the development of opposition to the British crown and the establishment of the Fourth Amendment. Another descendant was Elisha Graves Otis (1811–61), inventor of the elevator, who was born on his father's farm at Halifax, Windham County, VT.

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

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