Brief Life History of Lelia J
When Lelia J Richards was born on 22 February 1914, in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, her father, Sanford Stephen Richards, was 33 and her mother, Harriet Denida Sheline, was 33. She lived in Meade District, Tyler, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Canton Township, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1978. She died in January 1979, in Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Canton Township, Stark, Ohio, United States.
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- Leia Richards in household of Sanford Richards, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lelia J Richards, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
- Lela J Richards in household of Sanford S Richards, "United States Census, 1930"
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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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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