Brief Life History of Anita Vivian
When Anita Vivian Lawrence was born on 7 February 1931, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States, her father, Harold R. Lawrence, was 23 and her mother, Vivian L. James, was 24. She lived in Election Precinct 6, Leon, Florida, United States in 1940. She died on 2 July 2003, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 72.
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Sources (4)
- Anita V Lawrence, "United States, Census, 1950"
- Anita Vivian Smith, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
- Anita Vivian Sayers, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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