Olive Catherine Getten

Brief Life History of Olive Catherine

When Olive Catherine Getten was born on 16 November 1891, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Frederick John Getten, was 27 and her mother, Clarissa Adalaid Sperry, was 21. She married George Irving DeLong on 21 April 1910, in Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Glens Falls, Warren, New York, United States for about 5 years and San Francisco, California, United States in 1930. She died in December 1979, in Albany, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 88.

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George Irving DeLong
1887–1932
Olive Catherine Getten
1891–1979
Marriage: 21 April 1910
Julia Getten DeLong
1911–1976

Sources (12)

  • Ollive C Getten in household of Fred I Getten, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Olive Catherine Getten - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Gertrude Julia Getten
  • Olive C Getten in entry for G Irving Delong, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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1892 · The Masonic Temple Building

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

Welsh: see Gethin .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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