Brief Life History of Blanche
When Blanche Lindsey was born in June 1885, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Edward Henry Lindsey, was 35 and her mother, Ella Ninerva Detchon, was 17. She had at least 3 sons with Ellis Henry Southworth. She lived in Concord, Concord Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Wayne Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 7 June 1943, in Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 58.
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- Blanch A Southworth in household of Ellis H Southworth, "United States Census, 1910"
- Blanche Lindsey in entry for Edward P Southworth, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
- Blanch Lindsey in household of Edward Lindsey, "United States Census, 1900"
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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.
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
Scottish: variant of Lindsay .
Irish: shortened and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg (see McClintock ), and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn and Lynn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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