Mildred Marie Stockwell

Brief Life History of Mildred Marie

When Mildred Marie Stockwell was born on 13 May 1901, in Wisconsin, United States, her father, Ezra Miller Stockwell, was 34 and her mother, Armintha Isolene Borton, was 22. She married Frank Ralph Simpson on 9 February 1922. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Henrietta, Richland, Wisconsin, United States for about 45 years and Richmond, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States in 1985. She died on 29 August 1985, in Richland, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Rockbridge, Richland, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Ralph Simpson
1902–1982
Mildred Marie Stockwell
1901–1985
Marriage: 9 February 1922
Opal Marie Simpson
1922–2011
Clara Vina Simpson
1924–2013
Arthur Lavern Simpson
1926–1999
Betty Jean Simpson
1932–1998

Sources (12)

  • Mildred F Simpson, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Mildred Simpson, "United States, Social Security Death Index"
  • Minta Stockwell in entry for Oren Dale Stockwell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from any of various places called Stockwell, including Stockwell in Lambeth (Surrey) and Stockwell in Cowley (Gloucestershire), from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.

perhaps sometimes in northern England a variant of Stockill, a habitational name from Stockeld in Spofforth (Worth Yorkshire) and perhaps also Stockheld Grange in Barwick in Elmet (Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English stocc ‘tree trunk, stump’ + helde ‘slope’.

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

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