Brief Life History of Grace Viola
When Grace Viola Persinger was born on 28 January 1908, in Pryor, Mayes, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Charlie M Persinger, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth "Bessie" Ruby Fisher, was 30. She lived in Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died about 1981, at the age of 74, and was buried in Scappoose, Columbia, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Grace Persinger in household of Bessie Persinger, "United States Census, 1920"
- Grace V Seffert, "Find A Grave Index"
- Grace Persinger, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936"
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · State Capital Moves to Oklahoma City
The state capital of Oklahoma moved from Guthrie to Oklahoma City on June 10, 1910.
1929
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.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swiss German Bersinger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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