Herbert Preston

Brief Life History of Herbert

When Herbert Preston was born on 9 September 1869, in Tyrone Township, Livingston, Michigan, United States, his father, Elmer Preston, was 22 and his mother, Anna Brown, was 21. He married Cora Anella Dormire on 20 September 1893, in Tyrone Township, Livingston, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Assiniboia, Lake of the Rivers No. 72, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911 and Battle Creek Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1930. He died on 18 February 1945, in Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herbert Preston
1869–1945
Cora Anella Dormire
1868–1927
Marriage: 20 September 1893
Phillip Preston
1897–1899
Phyllis Christine Preston
1900–1950
Geraldine Alberta Preston
1904–1970
Glen Herbert Preston
1907–1996

Sources (21)

  • Herbert Preston in household of Glenn H Preston, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Herbert Preston, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Herbert Preston, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1871

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials List.

1889 · The first Skyscraper in Detroit

The Hammond Building was a high-rise building completed in 1889 and was 151 feet tall. It's considered the first skyscraper in the city and was the tallest in Michigan after it was built. The Hammond Building was demolished in 1956 to make way for the National Bank of Detroit Building.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.

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

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