Brief Life History of Mary Lucinda
When Mary Lucinda Shewell was born on 29 May 1900, in Atwater, Portage, Ohio, United States, her father, Judd Buel Shewell, was 38 and her mother, Mary Estelle Stephenson, was 38. She married William Henry Hoefflin on 26 March 1921, in Edinburg, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Edinburg, Portage, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 9 May 1994, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 93.
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- Maary Hoefflin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
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World Events (8)
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.
1908 · Vance Auditorium
Vance Auditorium opened on February 14, 1908. The auditorium was built by John Thomas Vance. The auditorium was used for community gatherings such as dances and political speeches. Eleven years later, Vance sold the auditorium to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and renamed the building to the Mezona, a combination of the words Mesa and Arizona.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Sewell with palatalization of the initial S-. The pronunciation may have been influenced through folk etymology by the English dialect word shewel, for a scarecrow.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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