Brief Life History of Blanche
When Blanche Hughes was born on 4 November 1877, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Evan Horace Hughes, was 31 and her mother, Henrietta Evelyn "Eva" Cook, was 26. She married Eugene Willis Hinckley on 30 April 1901, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cook, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 27 November 1968, in Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, United States, at the age of 91.
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- Blanche H Hinckley in household of Eugene W Hinckley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Blanche Hughes, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Blanche Hughes, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.
Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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