Guy Fredrick Preston

Male1892–

Brief Life History of Guy Fredrick

Guy Fredrick Preston was born in 1892, in Oregon, United States. He married Nellie Irene Edwards in 1912, in Multnomah, Oregon, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1950.

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Guy Fredrick Preston
1892–
Nellie Irene Edwards
1896–1942
Marriage: 1912

Sources (3)

  • Guy F Preston, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Guy F Preston, "Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958"
  • Frederic G Preston, "United States Census, 1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1912Multnomah, Oregon, United States

    • World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 4

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly

    Age 5

    The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 31

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    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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