Gladys Dorothy Hackett

Brief Life History of Gladys Dorothy

When Gladys Dorothy Hackett was born on 10 December 1902, in Smethport, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James Nelson Hackett, was 24 and her mother, Doris Laura Drake, was 21. She had at least 1 daughter with Nelson Pattison Palmer. She lived in Keating Township, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 August 1978, in Warsaw, Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Warsaw, Wyoming, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nelson Pattison Palmer
1904–1999
Gladys Dorothy Hackett
1902–1978
Doris Jennie Palmer
1929–2023

Sources (7)

  • Gladys Hackett, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Gladys Hackett, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
  • Gladys Hackett in household of James Hackett, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name, Haket, a pet form of Old Norse Haki, Hake; see Hack .

English: possibly from Middle English hacaed (haket), a kind of fish, hence perhaps a nickname for someone supposed to resemble such a fish, or a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller.

Irish: the Norman surname (see 1 above) is also common in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as Haicéid. It has also sometimes been adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eachaidh (see Caughey , McGaffey ).

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

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