• Harry S Truman National Historic Site

    Harry S Truman

    National Historic Site Missouri

Family Members - Gates

George and Stella Earnshaw

George and Stella Earnshaw

Earnshaw, Stella E. and George B.
Interviewed July 22, 1991

Stella Earnshaw worked for Dr. Charles Allen and as a nurse occasionally aided Bess W. and Margaret Truman. Mrs. Earnshaw, a native of Platte City, Missouri, provides information about the Gates and Wells families located in that area.

Interview (pdf - 137KB)

Did You Know?

President Truman with Dr. Chaim Weizmann. Credit: Truman Library.

President Truman recognized the state of Israel on 14 May 1948.  The Arab countries were not pleased.  The next day, Arab armies invaded Israel and the first Arab-Israeli war began.