Lee S. Bosworth

Brief Life History of Lee S.

When Lee S. Bosworth was born on 25 January 1891, in Michigan, United States, his father, Charles Bosworth, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Sheridan, was 32. He married Janet De Hart on 14 February 1912, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 1 June 1929, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, United States.

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Lee S. Bosworth
1891–1929
Janet De Hart
1893–1973
Marriage: 14 February 1912
June Margaret Bosworth
1913–1983
Lee J Bosworth
1920–2005

Sources (9)

  • Lee Bosworth, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lee S. Bosworth - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lee S. Bosworth
  • Lee Bosworth, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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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.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire (Baresworde in Domesday Book) from an Old English personal name, Bār (from bār ‘boar’) + worth ‘enclosure’, and possibly also from Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, so named with an Old English personal name Bōsa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.

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

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