Brief Life History of Mary Alice
When Mary Alice Potts was born on 17 October 1922, in Pulaski, Indiana, United States, her father, Charles Franklin Potts, was 20 and her mother, Eva Marie Denton, was 17. She had at least 1 son with Kenneth Lloyd Lossing. She lived in White, Indiana, United States in 1935 and Mulberry, Madison Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 3 December 1999, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.
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- Mary Patts in household of Charles F Patts, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Alice Potts, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Mary A Lossing, "BillionGraves Index"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
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 Pott , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, in the former case denoting a Pot(t)'s son, relative or servant.
Americanized form of German Botz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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