Brief Life History of Madelyn Emma
When Madelyn Emma Sweet was born on 22 May 1935, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States, her father, Vincent Cleland Sweet, was 34 and her mother, Miriam E Bates, was 33. She married Henry Huf on 11 December 1965, in New York, United States. She lived in Falconer, Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 4 August 2005, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Falconer, Ellicott, Chautauqua, New York, United States.
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- Madelyn E Sweet in household of Vincent C Sweet, "United States Census, 1940"
- Madely E Sweet in the New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967
- Madelyn E Sweet Huf, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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