Brief Life History of Gladys Mae
When Gladys Mae Sutton was born on 1 April 1903, in Blenheim Township, Oxford, Ontario, Canada, her father, James Zimmerman Sutton, was 23 and her mother, Ethel Eden Anderson, was 23. She married Percy Clifford Harvey on 23 March 1922, in Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1923 and lived in Genesee, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Forest Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 27 August 1987, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Flint River Cemetery, Richfield Center, Richfield Township, Genesee, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Gladys Harvey in household of Percy Harvey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gladys May Sutton, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Glady May Sutton, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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World Events (8)
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1910 · Upper Twin Falls Bridge
The Upper Twin Falls Bridge which connected Breitung Township, Michigan, to Florence County, Wisconsin. The through-truss bridge spanned the Menominee River and was completed in 1910. The bridge was closed to through traffic in 1971 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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