Oscar Michael Bolinger

Brief Life History of Oscar Michael

When Oscar Michael Bolinger was born on 6 January 1893, in Starr Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States, his father, John C Bolinger, was 44 and his mother, Martha Ann Nichols, was 34. He married Lestie Gertrude Casto on 14 October 1937, in Hocking, Ohio, United States. He lived in Union Furnace, Starr Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Logan, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1972. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 28 July 1972, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fairview Memorial Gardens, Rockbridge, Hocking, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Michael Bolinger
1893–1972
Lestie Gertrude Casto
1896–1985
Marriage: 14 October 1937

Sources (15)

  • Oscar Bollinger in household of John Bollinger, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Michael O. Bolinger, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Oscar Bolinger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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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.

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

German: variant of Bollinger and Bohlinger and, in North America, possibly also an altered form of these.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Bollinger 3.

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

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