Brief Life History of Hazel V.
When Hazel V. Woodring was born on 28 May 1891, in Delaware, Indiana, United States, her father, Ezra Frank Woodring, was 27 and her mother, Effie Jones, was 21. She married Charles Henry Clark on 11 March 1919, in Delaware, Indiana, United States. She lived in Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 14 October 1981, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Thompson Cemetery, Gaston, Washington Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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- Hazel W Clark in household of Charles H Clark, "United States Census, 1920"
- Hazel W Clark, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
- Hazel Snider, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1892 · The Masonic Temple Building
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Wotring (via the intermediate form Wootring), a surname of French origin (see Vautrin ).
History: The Woodrings are descendants of Abraham Vautrin, Jr, a Huguenot from Lorraine, France, and his relatives (see Wotring ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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