When Ben Rudolph Sears was born on 22 March 1908, in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States, his father, Charles William Sears, was 36 and his mother, Leila Ada Starrett, was 28. He married Ethel White on 25 April 1942, in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in District 440, Stephens, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Gwinnett, Georgia, United States in 1985. He died on 21 July 1985, in Norcross, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Peachtree Memorial Park, Norcross, Gwinnett, Georgia, United States.
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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.
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
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.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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