Hazel Finch

Brief Life History of Hazel

When Hazel Finch was born on 20 November 1906, in Delaware, New York, United States, her father, Arthur Aaron Finch, was 41 and her mother, Jemina Hilliker, was 36. She married Kenneth Speanburg on 7 May 1929, in Cayuga, New York, United States. She lived in Middletown, Delaware, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died in January 1979, in Willard, Ovid, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States.

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Kenneth Speanburg
1910–1979
Hazel Finch
1906–1979
Marriage: 7 May 1929

Sources (7)

  • Hazel Finch in household of Lee Finch, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hazel Finch - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Hazel Finch
  • Hazel Finch, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English finch, fink ‘finch’ (Old English finc), for a small, lively, cheerful person.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Fink ‘finch’, or of some of the corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Czech (Moravian) Pěnka (see Penka ).

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

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