Brief Life History of Florence Estella
When Florence Estella Powers was born on 21 June 1897, in Tara, Webster, Iowa, United States, her father, Stephen Andrew Powers, was 51 and her mother, Margaret Ann Mellor, was 39. She married Clarence Joseph Byrne on 15 July 1924, in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Douglas Township, Webster, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died in November 1985, at the age of 88, and was buried in Corpus Christi Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States.
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- Florence Byrne in household of Clarence Byrne, "United States Census, 1930"
- Florence Estella Powers, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Florence Powers, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900
"Fort Dodge is locally referred to as ""Little Chicago"" because architects modeled downtown buildings to resemble Chicago in the mid 1900s."
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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