Brief Life History of Marie Grace
When Marie Grace Wells was born on 31 May 1917, in Ohio, United States, her father, William David Wells, was 43 and her mother, Lillie Elizabeth White, was 24. She married John Grant Holder Sr. before 1939. She lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 19 March 1979, in Farmers Branch, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States.
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- Marie G Holder in household of John G Holder, "United States Census, 1940"
- Marie Grace Wells Holder, "Find A Grave Index"
- Marie Wells in entry for Mary Ruth Holder, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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