Alberta Mae Bailey

Brief Life History of Alberta Mae

When Alberta Mae Bailey was born on 21 September 1916, in Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States, her father, Cyrus Andrew Bailey, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Ann Beatty, was 32. She married Charles Addison Sirk Jr. on 8 October 1932, in Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. She died on 2 November 1961, in Logansport, Indiana, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Wabash, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Addison Sirk Jr.
1916–1998
Alberta Mae Bailey
1916–1961
Marriage: 8 October 1932
Barbara Jane Sproal
1933–2013
Leslie Rose Sproal
1934–2021
Terry Leon Sirk
1936–1936
Lester Earl Sirk
1937–2016

Sources (15)

  • Alberta Hendricks, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alberta Schaaf, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Alberta Mae Bailey Hendrix, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1917 · Joining the First World War

Starting with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which killed 128 American citizens, and many other conflicts with trade from Germany. Congress held a special meeting that resulted in The United States declaring war on Germany. Formally entering the First World War.

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

English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).

English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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