Brief Life History of Elitle William Kemper
When Elitle William Kemper McGowan was born on 5 September 1898, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Dr. Elitell Elhanan McGowan, was 42 and his mother, Melinda Jane Cannon, was 32. He had at least 1 daughter with Virginia Dale Hill. He lived in Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Paducah, Cottle, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 24 October 1961, in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Elitle W K Mcgowan in household of Elitle E Mcgowan, "United States Census, 1910"
- U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- Elitle William Kemper Mcgowan, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Siobhan, Cormac, Seamus, Aileen, Colm, Eithne, Kieran, Niall, Paddy.
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (a') Ghobhainn or Mac Gobhann (Scottish) or Mac (an) Ghabhann (Irish), ‘son of (the) smith’. This name has also been Anglicized as Smith and Smithson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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