Brief Life History of Mildred L.
When Mildred L. Dewey was born on 14 April 1914, in Jasper, Indiana, United States, her father, Harry William Dewey, was 28 and her mother, Louise Anne Peters, was 28. She lived in Cortland, Hamilton Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States in 1940 and Hamilton Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States for about 1 years. She died on 23 April 1981, at the age of 67, and was buried in Whites Chapel Cemetery, Spraytown, Pershing Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States.
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- Mildred Roberts, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mildred Dewey, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Mildred Roberts, "Indiana, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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
Welsh: from the personal name Dewi, Welsh form of David . In some cases the name may arise from the dedication of parish churches in places called Llanddewi (Saint David's), of which there are several.
Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name of uncertain form and origin. Traditionally it is recorded as Douai, a habitational name from a city so named in northern France, but it could also be from Old Norman French du we(z) ‘of the ford’, from a variant of standard French gué ‘ford’.
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Dutch De Weij (archaic De Wey): cognate of Van der Weij (see Wey ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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