Dorothy Mae Sperandio
20 August 1928–8 January 2003 (Age 74)
Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
The Life of Dorothy Mae
When Dorothy Mae Sperandio was born on 20 August 1928, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, her father, Sam Sperandio, was 26 and her mother, Dominic Mae Auippa, was 20. She married Roy Clayton Harbison in 1950. She died on 8 January 2003, in her hometown, at the age of 74.
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Family Time Line
Roy Clayton Harbison
1927–2005
Dorothy Mae Sperandio
1928–2003
Marriage: 1950
Spouse and Children
1927–2005Male
1928–2003Female
MARRIAGE
1950
, Harris, Texas
1950
, Harris, Texas
Parents and Siblings
1901–1979Male
1907–1989Female
siblings
(1)
1928–2003Female
World Events (8)
1929
Age 1
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 1
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 20
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
Name Meaning
Italian: variant of Sperandeo .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Dorothy Sperandio in household of Sam Sperandio, "United States Census, 1940"
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