Charles Ladd Reed

Male1 May 1901–21 July 1965

Brief Life History of Charles Ladd

When Charles Ladd Reed was born on 1 May 1901, in Angels Camp, Calaveras, California, United States, his father, Charles Edmund Reed, was 33 and his mother, Mae Amelia Ladd, was 27. He married Patricia Eileen Jackson on 26 January 1944. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Hollister, San Benito, California, United States in 1935 and Stockton Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1940. He died on 21 July 1965, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Ladd Reed
1901–1965
Patricia Eileen Jackson
1910–2006
Marriage: 26 January 1944
Charles Ladd Reed Jr
1944–1964

Sources (4)

  • Charles L Reed, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles L Reed, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
  • Charles L Reed, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 January 1944
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 1

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 5

    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.

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 17

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.

    English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .

    English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.

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

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