Brief Life History of Lawrence Eugene
When Lawrence Eugene Stokes Sr was born on 26 August 1912, in Parsons, Tucker, West Virginia, United States, his father, Jerry Clyde Stokes, was 27 and his mother, Bertha V Shaffer, was 25. He married Thelma Louise Grossman in 1934. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Mercer Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. He died on 25 September 1982, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Harrisville, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Lawrence Stokes, "United States 1950 Census"
- Laurence E. Stokes, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Lawrence E Stokes, "Find A Grave Index"
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1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment allows the people of each state to elect their own Senators instead of having the state legislature assign them.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): variant of Stoke with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. This name has been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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