Brief Life History of Clifton M
When Clifton M Westenhaver was born about June 1885, in Rice, Kansas, United States, his father, Mathias Westenhaver, was 27 and his mother, Wilda Estella Clark, was 29. He had at least 2 sons with Marjorie L Smith. He lived in Sterling, Rice, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States in 1910. He died in 1913, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 28.
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Sources (8)
- Cliff Westenhaver in household of Ross Smith, "United States Census, 1910"
- Morville Clifton Westenhaver in entry for Morville Clifton Westenhaver, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Clifton M Westenhaver in household of Mathias, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Westenhöfer: habitational name for someone from a place called Westenhofen in Bavaria.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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