Estella Irene Langston (REESE)
1 May 1927–16 January 1974 (Age 46)
Oklahoma, United States
The Life of Estella Irene
When Estella Irene Langston (REESE) was born on 1 May 1927, in Oklahoma, United States, her father, John Franklin REESE, was 31 and her mother, Zelpha Mae Tullos, was 22. She lived in Marshall, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 16 January 1974, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 46.
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Family Time Line
John Franklin REESE
1896–1976
Zelpha Mae Tullos
1904–1977
Margaret REESE
1925–
Estella Irene Langston (REESE)
1927–1974
Gene Leroy Reese
1938–2010
Parents and Siblings
1896–1976Male
1904–1977Female
siblings
(3)
Margaret REESE
1925–Female
1927–1974Female
1938–2010Male
World Events (3)
1929
Age 2
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1931
Age 4
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1941 · Comanche Code Talkers
Age 14
Many Native Americans from Oklahoma were once again employed as code talkers during WWII to create a code impenetrable by enemies. Rather than Choctaw, a Comanche-language code was developed. Several of these men were sent to invade Normandy to send messages. None of the men were killed and the Comanche code was never broken.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from any of various places, for example Langstone in Devon and Hampshire, named with Old English lang ‘long’, ‘tall’ + stān ‘stone’, i.e. a menhir.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Stellia Dyke in household of John F Reese, "United States Census, 1930"
- Estella Irene Langston, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Estella I Langston, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
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