Brief Life History of Edwin
When Edwin Kinnersley was born on 18 January 1898, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Charles Edward Kinnersley, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Holstead, was 26. He married Mabel Annie Willoughby on 14 April 1926, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He lived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1911. He died on 1 March 1972, in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 74.
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- Edwin Kynnersley in household of Charles Kynnersley, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Edwin Kinnersley, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Edwin Kynnersley, "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: locative name from Kinnersley (Herefs, Shrops, Surrey, Worcs).
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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