Bessie Clara Hilda Walburn

Brief Life History of Bessie Clara Hilda

When Bessie Clara Hilda Walburn was born in January 1895, in Paradise Township, Crawford, Iowa, United States, her father, Archibald Emmanuel Walburn, was 25 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth C Rasmussen, was 19. She married Wiley Booker Marquis on 23 July 1913, in Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Union Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 December 1939, in Guthrie Center, Guthrie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Union Township Cemetery, Union Township, Guthrie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wiley Booker Marquis
1888–1960
Bessie Clara Hilda Walburn
1895–1939
Marriage: 23 July 1913
Emanuel Reed Marquis
1914–1955
Jennings Clifford Marquis
1916–1998
Kenneth Archibald Marquis
1918–1956
Ruth Adeline Marquis
1924–2005
Iris Rose Marquis
1929–1929

Sources (27)

  • Bessie H Walburn, "Iowa, State Census, 1905"
  • Bessie Hilda Clara Walburn, "Iowa, Births and Stillbirths, 1921-1947"
  • Bessie C Walburn, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"

World Events (8)

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 · 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.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

English (Durham and North Yorkshire): habitational name from Walburn in Downholme (North Yorkshire). The placename probably derives from Old English wala, genitive plural of walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’, + burna ‘spring, stream’. Alternatively, the name may derive from the Old French personal name Walebron, perhaps itself from ancient Germanic Waldbrand (wald ‘power, rule’ + brand ‘sword’).

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

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