Brief Life History of Marion
Marion Lester was born on 24 July 1924, in Gray, Jones, Georgia, United States as the daughter of Bosie Pitts and Mattie Lester. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Willie Simmons. She died in 1988, in Pompano Beach, Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 64.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Marion Pitts in entry for Dorothy M Bryant, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Marion C Pitts, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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