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Barbara Joan Farrell Bugden Dillon Vucanovich

Barbara Vucanovich

At A Glance:Birth: June 22, 1921, Camp Dix, New JerseyDeath: June 10, 2013, Reno, NevadaMaiden Name: Barbara Joan FarrellRace/nationality/ethic background: CaucasianMarried: James H. Bugden; Kenneth P. Dillon; George J. VucanovichChildren: Daughter Patricia D. Cafferata; son Michael F. Dillon; son Kenneth P. Dillon, Jr.; son Thomas B. Dillon, and daughter Susan D. AndersonPrimary City and county […]

MARTHA JAMES CRAGUN COX

MARTHA JAMES CRAGUN COX The information below has been compiled from a variety of sources. If the reader has access to information that can be documented and that will correct or add to this woman’s biographical information, please contact the Nevada Women’s History Project. At A Glance:  Born March 3, 1852, in Salt Lake County, […]

HILDA M. COVEY

HILDA M. COVEY The information below has been compiled from a variety of sources. If the reader has access to information that can be documented and that will correct or add to this woman’s biographical information, please contact the Nevada Women’s History Project. At a Glance Born: 1909Died: 1982Maiden Name: DickinsonRace/nationality/ethnic background: CaucasianMarried: William “Bill” […]

Roslyn Merle Schwartz Works

roslyn works

Roslyn Merle Schwartz Works At a Glance: Born: November 25, 1938, Chicago, Illinois Died: June 8, 2006, Carson City, Nevada Maiden Name: Roslyn Merle Schwartz Race/Nationality/Ethnic Background: Caucasian Married: Donald Swan Works in Silver City, Nevada, 1965 Children: Rose Maury Works, Mary Works Covington, Donald Swan Works, Jr. Primary City and County of Residence and Work: Silver City, Nev., Carson City, […]

JANICE W. EVANS

Jan Evans

Birth: November 22, 1937, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Death: April 24, 2000, Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada Maiden name: Welch Race/nationality/ethnic background: Caucasian Married: Gano Senter Evans Children: daughter, Tracey Evans Heath, and son, Robert Evans Primary city and county of residence and work: Sparks, Nevada. Primary work: Sparks, Reno, and Carson City, Nevada Major fields […]

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