Brief Life History of Juanita Charlene
When Juanita Charlene Dexter was born on 28 April 1918, in Enid Township, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Walter Leroy Dexter, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Charlene Langkeit, was 18. She married Charlie Gilbert Hill in 1937, in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Clinton, Custer, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 20 January 2002, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Jaunita Dexter in household of W L Dexter, "United States Census, 1920"
- Juanita Hill in entry for Mr Walter L Dexter, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Juanita C Dexter in household of Walter L Dexter, "United States Census, 1930"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (East Midlands): occupational name from Middle English dexter(e), dei(gh)ester, deyster ‘dyer’ (Old English deaʒestre, deʒ(e)stre). The word originally denoted a female dyer, but came to be used for dyers of both sexes. Compare Dyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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