Helen Maudina Sweet

Brief Life History of Helen Maudina

When Helen Maudina Sweet was born on 19 September 1913, in Knox, Tennessee, United States, her father, David Henry Sweet, was 21 and her mother, Cordia Irene Murray, was 14. She had at least 2 sons and 5 daughters with Hubert Huddleston. She lived in Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 8, Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 10 August 1986, in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72.

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Family Time Line

Hubert Huddleston
1910–1991
Helen Maudina Sweet
1913–1986
Henry M Huddleston
1919–1990
Joyce Huddleston
1931–
Hubert, Jr. Huddleston
1932–1933
Opal Huddleston
1935–2014
Jeanette Beatrice Huddleston
1936–2005
Juanita Huddleston
1937–
Glara Anne Huddleston
1938–2010

Sources (13)

  • Helen Huddleston in household of Hubert Huddleston, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Helen in entry for Gloria Or Ann Huddleston Buchanan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Helen M Sweet in household of David H Sweet, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

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.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset): from the Middle English personal name Swet(e) (Old English Swēt(a) (male), Swēte (female)), or else a nickname from Middle English swet(e), sweyt ‘sweet; pleasing; beloved; attractive’ (Old English swēte, swōt), from which the personal names derive. Compare Swett .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Suess and French Ledoux ‘the gentle, the sweet’.

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

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