Brief Life History of Letha Marion
When Letha Marion Lake was born on 19 December 1913, in Ellis Township, Hardin, Iowa, United States, her father, Charles James Lake, was 21 and her mother, Oca Mable Katsch, was 21. She married Silas Hansen on 29 November 1934, in Hardin, Iowa, United States. She lived in Ellis, Hardin, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Hubbard, Hardin, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died on 25 February 2012, at the age of 98, and was buried in Hubbard, Hardin, Iowa, United States.
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- Letha M Hanson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Letha M Lake, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Letha Marie Lake Hanson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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 · Camp Dodge
Original construction of the Camp Dodge began in 1907 and was originally planned to provide a place for the National Guard units to train. In 1917, it was handed over to national authorities and expanded to become the regional training center for World War I forces. The Camp was named after Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge, who organized Iowa's first National Guard unit. When the war ended, the camp was downsized and turned back over to the state until the start of World War II. Today, Camp Dodge has served only as a Guard and Reserve installation.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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