Brief Life History of Loretta Ann
When Loretta Ann Lang was born on 5 December 1933, in LeRoy, Coffey, Kansas, United States, her father, John Lang, was 33 and her mother, Anna Sophie Listchke, was 38. She married Stephen Duane Yoho on 13 November 1952. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 30 October 2003, in Le Roy Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Burlington, Coffey, Kansas, United States.
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- Loretta Ann Yoho, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Loretta A Yoho, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Loretta Ann Yoho, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.
1954 · Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a U.S. Supreme Court case which ruled racial segregation in public schools as unconstitutional. The unanimous decision was handed down on May 17, 1954. The case was originally filed by the Brown family in Topeka, Kansas.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic); Swedish (also Lång): nickname for a tall person, from Older Scots, Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch, and Danish lang ‘long’, Swedish lång. The surname of (Middle High) German origin is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia.
Hungarian (Láng): from láng ‘flame’, hence probably a nickname for a passionate person, or a man with a fighting spirit. Alternatively, it may be an indirect occupational name for a smith or someone who worked with fire. This surname is also found in Slovenia, where it is spelled Lang, and in Slovakia, where it is spelled in both ways.
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 郎, an ancient term to refer to one's lover or son: (i) from the placename Lang (郎), the name of a city, the living place of Fei Bo, the grandson of the Duke Yi of Lu (ruler of the state of Lu, reigned 815–807 BC ). Some of his descendants later changed their original surname Fei to Lang (郎). (ii) borne by some families from the state of the South Huns (48–216 AD , located in northern China).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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