Brief Life History of Clara May
When Clara May Dale was born in 1877, in Iowa, United States, her father, James Buchanan Dale, was 21 and her mother, Martha Nickerson, was 19. She married Edwin D. Sanborn on 26 October 1895, in Swea, Kossuth, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Alamogordo, Otero, New Mexico, United States in 1910 and Varina, Pocahontas, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 3 November 1934, in Armstrong, Emmet, Iowa, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States.
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- Clara Sanborn in household of Ervin D Sanborn, "United States Census, 1910"
- Clara M. Dale, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Clara May Sanborn, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1883
Historical Boundaries: 1883: Dickinson, Iowa, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English dal, dale, daile ‘dale, valley’ (Old English dæl, reinforced in northern England by the cognate Old Norse dalr), a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places called with this word, such as Dale in Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Norwegian: habitational name from a common farm named from Old Norse dali, the dative case of dalr ‘valley’.
Americanized form of German Diehl .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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