Brief Life History of Leatha
When Leatha Wright was born on 27 November 1900, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, her father, John Edmond Wright, was 31 and her mother, Mary Jane Spendlove, was 24. She married C Leslie Bennett on 14 May 1924, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington, Utah, United States in 1900 and Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 22 July 1992, in Chandler, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Orem Cemetery, Orem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Leatha Bennett, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leatha "Utah, County Births”
- Leatha Wright, "Utah, County Marriages”
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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.
1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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