Brief Life History of Birdie Josephine
When Birdie Josephine Drown was born on 24 August 1878, in Ruby Valley, Nevada, United States, her father, Frederick Elbridge Drown, was 43 and her mother, Josephine Phoebe Lee, was 27. She married Frank Winchell on 22 May 1905, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Carlin, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1900 and Clover Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 24 January 1953, in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Starr Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Birdie Winchell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Birdie Drown, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Birdie Josephine Drown Winchell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Cornish (Cornwall and Devon): probably an altered form of Trown, itself a variant of Troon, a habitational name from one or more of several places in Cornwall with names deriving from Middle Cornish tre + goen (‘farm on the downs’), such as Troon in Camborne, Trewoon in Budock, Trewoon in Saint Mewan, Troon in Breage, Trewoon in Mullion, and Trewoone in Phillack.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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