Brief Life History of Minnie Elizabeth
When Minnie Elizabeth Bowen was born on 23 August 1895, in Jiggs, Elko, Nevada, United States, her father, Franklin John Bowen, was 40 and her mother, Minnie Myrtle Miller, was 22. She married Earl Francis Mckinster on 5 August 1916. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Jack Creek, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1900 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1950. She died on 4 September 1988, in Rocklin, Placer, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Minnie E McKinster, "United States 1950 Census"
- Minnie Elizabeth Mckinster, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Bowen in entry for Bettyo Rey Mckinster, "California Birth Index, 1905-1995"
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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.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Owain ‘son of Owain’ (see Owen ), with fused patronymic marker (a)p, which is normally voiced before a vowel.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadhacháin ‘descendant of Buadhachán’, a diminutive of Buadhach ‘victorious’ (see Bohan ).
Irish: used to ‘translate’ Ó Cnáimhín ‘descendant of Cnáimhín’, a personal name meaning ‘little bone’ or ‘little body’, see Nevin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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