Brief Life History of Dolly Violet
When Dolly Violet Scribner was born on 9 April 1885, in Stockton, Tooele, Utah, United States, her father, Newell Arno Scribner, was 42 and her mother, Violet Skinner Paxton, was 34. She married Ferdinand Cliff "Freddie" Blankenship on 11 December 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 April 1975, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (28)
- Dolly V Crowton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Dollie V Scribner, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Dolly Scribner Crowton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Scrivener . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The Scribner family that founded the American publishing house was established in America by one Benjamin Scrivener, who settled in Norwalk, CT, in 1680. The present form of the name was adopted after 1742. The firm was established in 1846 by Charles Scribner (1821–71), who was born in NY, where his father was established as a prosperous merchant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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