Brief Life History of Henry Bertram
When Henry Bertram Wing was born on 16 December 1892, in Maine, United States, his father, George Wilbur Wing, was 38 and his mother, Allona L Coolidge, was 31. He lived in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States in 1930. He died in January 1975, in Brooksville, Hernando, Florida, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Henry B Wing, "United States Census, 1920"
- Henry Bertram Wing, "Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919"
- Henry Bertram Wing, "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"
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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.
1898 · Sinking of USS Maine
During the Cuban War for Independence, the USS Maine had been sent to Havana to look out for the interests of the United States. On February 15, 1898, at approximately 21:40, an explosion on USS Maine was caused by roughly 5 long tons of powder. The front of the ship was demolished and the remains quickly sunk to the bottom of the ocean. 260 men lost their lives in the explosion itself, with at least six more dying afterwards from related injuries. The event kicked off an atmosphere of contention that would eventually lead to the Spanish-American War.
1915
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Weng (Old West Scandinavian Wenge, perhaps originally a nickname from vengi ‘pillow, cushion’).
English and Scottish: habitational name from either Wing in Buckinghamshire or Wing in Rutland. The Buckinghamshire placename probably means ‘the people of Wiwa’, from an Old English personal name Wiwa + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas. The Rutland placename and probably derives from Old Norse vengi ‘field’.
Chinese: Cantonese form of the surname 榮, see Rong 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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