Bertha Bernice Holley

Brief Life History of Bertha Bernice

Bertha Bernice Holley was born in 1888, in Illinois, United States. She married Cloyd Delo Long on 15 June 1908, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and San Francisco, California, United States in 1920. She died in California, United States.

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George McDonald Drake
1883–1962
Bertha Bernice Holley
1888–
Marriage: 24 September 1914

Sources (11)

  • Bertha B Long in household of Cloyd D Long, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Bertha B. Holley, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
  • Bertha B Holley Long, "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1892 · The Masonic Temple Building

The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place. 

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + eie, egh(e) ‘eye’ (Old English hol + ēage), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.

topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘clearing in a hollow’, from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + lei(e) ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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