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Lyman, Marguerite Rice, 1895-1989

Marguerite Marie Rice was born Marguerite Marie Lyman on March 25, 1895 in Spring Valley, Nevada. Her parents were Henry Asaph Rice, an important figure to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints community, and his wife Christine Marie Hansen. Her mother Christine died when she was four. In 1929, she married Albert Alonzo Lyman. The couple had two children, Lloyd Albert and Mary Ellen. Marguerite died December 20, 1989 in Logandale, Nevada.

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Moore, Joyce

Joyce Moore was born May 8, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in December of 1953. Moore attended school at Sunrise Acres Elementary School until eighth grade and then went to Rancho High School, graduating in 1962. As of 2018, she works as an archivist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Bracken, Anna, 1883-1950

Anna Bracken was born in Eureka, Nevada and graduated from the University of Nevada. She later became a school teacher at Delamar. In 1905, she married head of Las Vegas Land and Water Company, Walter Bracken. She became a community leader alongside her husband and helped establish the first public library in Las Vegas. She later died on January 2, 1950.

Hopkins, A. D. “Walter Bracken,” Las Vegas Review-Journal. February 7, 1999. http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/walter-bracken.

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Birnie, G. W.

G. W. Birnie purchased a portion of the Kane Springs Ranch outside Moapa, Nevada in 1929.

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Andre, Dorothy Engel, 1898-1983

Dorothy Engel Andre was born June 25, 1898 in New York City, New York to Samuel and Merel Engel. She studied at an all-girls school in Virginia before moving to Astoria, Oregon with her sister. In 1920, she met Joseph (Joe) Otto Andre at a hospital and soon after the couple got married and had one daughter named Ruth.

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