Brief Life History of Grace Alberta
When Grace Alberta Smallwood was born on 27 July 1901, in Pleasanton, Decatur, Iowa, United States, her father, George Albert Smallwood, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth E. Rees, was 36. She married Frederick Calvin Parrish in 1920, in Pleasanton, Decatur, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Afton, Union, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States for about 5 years. She died on 31 March 1985, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States.
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- Grace A Smallwood in household of George A Smallwood, "United States Census, 1920"
- Grace A Smallwood, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Grace A. Smallwood, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1908 · Vance Auditorium
Vance Auditorium opened on February 14, 1908. The auditorium was built by John Thomas Vance. The auditorium was used for community gatherings such as dances and political speeches. Eleven years later, Vance sold the auditorium to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and renamed the building to the Mezona, a combination of the words Mesa and Arizona.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Middle English smal ‘small, narrow’ (Old English smæl) + wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu), including Smallwood (Cheshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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