Rowena Grace Hadley (1903–1994) • FamilySearch

Rowena Grace Hadley

4 October 1903–February 1994 (Age 90)
Allison Township, Osceola, Iowa, United States

The Life of Rowena Grace

When Rowena Grace Hadley was born on 4 October 1903, in Allison Township, Osceola, Iowa, United States, her father, James Garfield Hadley, was 23 and her mother, Clara Amanda Freese, was 25. She lived in Union City, Union, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died in February 1994, in Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

James Garfield Hadley

1879–1929

Clara Amanda Freese

1878–1973

Rowena Grace Hadley

1903–1994

Chester James Hadley

1905–1977

Harold Charles Hadley

1909–1971

Anna Marie Hadley

1911–1990

Parents and Siblings

James Garfield Hadley

Male1879–1929Male

Clara Amanda Freese

Female1878–1973Female

siblings

(4)

Rowena Grace Hadley

Female1903–1994Female

Chester James Hadley

Male1905–1977Male

Harold Charles Hadley

Male1909–1971Male

Anna Marie Hadley

Female1911–1990Female

World Events (8)

1904

Age 1

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

Age 10

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1927

Age 24

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Hadley

Rowena

Grace

English (chiefly West Midlands): habitational name from either of two places named Hadley, in Worcestershire and Shropshire, or from either of two places named Hadleigh, in Essex and Suffolk. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah ‘wood’, ‘(woodland) clearing’; the other three are from Old English hǣð ‘heathland’, ‘heather’ + lēah.

Possible Related Names

Adley

Sources (3)

Grace Hadley in household of Clarke Hadley, "United States Census, 1940"
Grace R Hadley in household of Clara A Hadley, "United States Census, 1930"
Grace Hadley in household of James G Hadley, "United States Census, 1920"

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