Oscar Michael Bolinger

6 January 1893–28 July 1972 (Age 79)
Starr Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States

The Life 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, 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.

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

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
14 October 1937
Hocking, Ohio, United States

Parents and Siblings

siblings

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 3

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

Age 5

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

Age 23

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

1 Variant spelling of German Bollinger .2 Altered spelling of German Bohlinger .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Oscar Bollinger in household of John Bollinger, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Oscar Bolinger, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Micheal O Bohlinger in household of John Bohlinger, "United States Census, 1910"

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