Lucy Jeanette Sheets

Brief Life History of Lucy Jeanette

When Lucy Jeanette Sheets was born on 27 December 1919, in Missouri, United States, her father, Daniel Harry Sheets, was 23 and her mother, Hattie Elizabeth Deatherage, was 24. She had at least 1 son with Warren Harding Steele. She lived in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1940. She registered for military service in 1943. She died on 13 June 1996, in Compton, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 76.

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Family Time Line

Warren Harding Steele
1922–2010
Lucy Jeanette Sheets
1919–1996
Leslie Warren Steele
1945–2018

Sources (11)

  • Jeanette Sheets in household of Lee F Oliver, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lucy Jeanette Sheets, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Lucy J Sheets, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920

New Jersey was the first state to ratify Prohibition, the short-lived constitutional ban on alcoholic beverages.

1940

New Jersey contributed extensively to help the United States during World War II. Over 9% of all allied war-based construction contracts were handled in New Jersey, including aircraft carriers, battleships, destroyers, and other naval ships. In addition, almost 500,000 New Jersey residents enlisted in the war (roughly 10% of the state's population).

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schütz (see Schutz ).

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

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