When Charles Miles Bonney was born on 2 March 1883, in Hubbard, Marion, Oregon, United States, his father, Truman Lawrence Bonney, was 48 and his mother, Tennessee Baker, was 37. He married Martha J Armstrong on 11 February 1908, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Multnomah, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1950 and Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 9 July 1951, in Oregon, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Aurora, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
English (Lancashire): nickname for a handsome person, especially a large or well-built one, from northern dialect bonnie ‘fine, beautiful’ (still in common use in northern England and Scotland).
English: variant of Bunney .
German: variant of Boney . This surname is very rare in Germany.
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