Brief Life History of Wanda Marie
When Wanda Marie Linney was born on 14 October 1928, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, her father, Richard Monroe Linney, was 20 and her mother, Mary Emma Speer, was 19. She had at least 1 son with Woodson Dubose Hopkins. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Refugio, Texas, United States in 1940 and Refugio, Refugio, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 12 July 2016, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 87.
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Sources (6)
- Wanda M Linney, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wanda Marie Finney, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Wanda Marie Linney in entry for Stephen Richard Hopkins, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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World Events (8)
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.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment
Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.
Name Meaning
English: from an Old English female personal name Lindgifu, Lindgeofu, composed of the elements lind ‘lime (wood)’, i.e. ‘shield’ (a transferred sense) + gifu, geofu ‘gift’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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