Emily Gladys

Brief Life History of Emily

When Emily Gladys was born on 13 February 1901, in Czechia, her father, Joseph Gladys, was 29 and her mother, Mary Cisar, was 15. She had at least 1 son with Bruno F. Burnell. She immigrated to United States in 1921 and lived in United States in 1949 and Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 20 August 1988, in Porter, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Bruno F. Burnell
1898–1973
Emily Gladys
1901–1988
Alfred Oswald Burnell
1927–2001

Sources (5)

  • Emily M Burnell, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Emily Burnell, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Emily Burnell, "United States Census, 1930"

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World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Polish Andrzej, Danuta.

Americanized form of Polish Gładysz (see Gladysz ).

Americanized form of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Gladiš; see Gladis 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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