Mildred Marie Hosmer Eastman

Brief Life History of Mildred Marie

When Mildred Marie Hosmer Eastman was born on 18 December 1890, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, her father, James Eldred Hosmer, was 27 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Stoup Hosmer, was 24. She married Herbert Gladstone Eastman in 1911, in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1930 and Modesto Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1940. She died on 14 April 1977, in Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Acacia Memorial Park, Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Herbert Gladstone Eastman
1886–1975
Mildred Marie Hosmer Eastman
1890–1977
Marriage: 1911
Evelyn Gertrude Eastman Julien
1914–1997
Charles Eldred Eastman
1916–1989
Robert Stanley Eastman
1923–1993
Mrs Geraldine Eastman Mcfarland Souza
1925–2005

Sources (20)

  • Mildred Eastman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mildred Hosmer Eastman, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Mildred Hosmer in entry for Edward Anthony Souza and Geraldine Eastman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

World Events (8)

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

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.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.

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

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