Brief Life History of Burton Lindsley
When Burton Lindsley Weston was born on 23 February 1891, in Dover Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Arthur Eugene Weston, was 29 and his mother, Clara F Brown, was 26. He married Maude Helen Wortman on 6 June 1912, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. He lived in Bay Village, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Westlake, Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1950. He died on 10 July 1966, in Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75.
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- Burton L Weston, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Burton Lindsley Weston - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Burton Lindsley Weston
- Burton L. Weston, „Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013“
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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 · 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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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