Brief Life History of Gladys Paul
When Gladys Paul Huckaby was born on 25 February 1901, in Kemp, Kaufman, Texas, United States, his father, James Franklin Huckaby, was 39 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Martin, was 31. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Scotty Laura Norton. He lived in Kaufman, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 2, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 13 January 1957, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Paul Huckaby, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gladys Paul Huckaby, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Gladys Paul Huckaby, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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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.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
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.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name, most probably from Huccaby in Devon, which was probably so named from Old English woh ‘crooked’ + byge ‘river bend’.
it could also be a habitational name from Uckerby in North Yorkshire, which was named with an unattested Old Norse personal name, Úkyrri or Útkári, + bý ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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