Brief Life History of Betty
When Betty Mallory was born on 22 November 1898, in Rulo, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, her father, Dow Mallory, was 49 and her mother, Margaret Jane Bliss, was 37. She married Reno Clark Best in 1917, in Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Laramie, Albany, Wyoming, United States in 1935 and Election District 2, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1940. She died on 8 February 1978, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Lee Mission Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Betty M Carruth, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bess Mallory Carruth - Published information: birth-name: Bess Mallory Carruth
- Betty M, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held
The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): nickname for an unfortunate person, from Old French maloret, maloré, maleuré ‘ill-fortuned, unlucky’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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