Brief Life History of Allie Deanie
When Allie Deanie Pierce was born on 17 February 1905, in Newnata, Stone, Arkansas, United States, her father, Lewis Tide Pierce, was 35 and her mother, Georgiana Hudspeth, was 27. She married Otal Winslow Willmuth on 30 May 1924. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in White River Township, Prairie, Arkansas, United States in 1940 and Bainbridge Center, Bainbridge Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1949. She died on 4 August 1961, in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Alice Willmuth, "United States Census, 1950"
- Allie Pierce, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Allie Wilson, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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