Helen Hoskins

Brief Life History of Helen

When Helen Hoskins was born on 18 April 1898, in Walnut Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States, her father, Richard Garton Hoskins, was 23 and her mother, Minnie Elfleeta Stribling, was 26. She had at least 3 daughters with George Edwin Billett Jr. She lived in Madison Township, Madison, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. She died on 1 April 1978, in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Edwin Billett Jr
1902–1972
Helen Hoskins
1898–1978
Helen J Billett
1933–
Carolyn M Billett
1935–2024
Marion Elizabeth Billett
1937–2017

Sources (10)

  • Elen Billett, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Helen Hoskins, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Helen Hoskins, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1910 · Boy Scouts of America

When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English:

variant of Hoskin with Middle English genitival -s (Western England) or post-medieval excrescent -s.

variant of Askin .

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

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