Olive Blanche Elwood

Brief Life History of Olive Blanche

When Olive Blanche Elwood was born on 24 September 1905, in Lindsey, Wood, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Orlyn Boles Elwood, was 30 and her mother, Ethel Mae Johnson, was 19. She married Joseph Cyrus Burnham on 26 May 1922, in Crosby, Divide, North Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Kalispell Township, Flathead, Montana, United States in 1940 and Flathead, Montana, United States in 1950. She died on 18 May 1991, in Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Glacier Memorial Gardens, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Robert Smith
1902–1977
Olive Blanche Elwood
1905–1991
Marriage: 9 June 1925
George Robert Smith
1929–1929
Ruth Irene Smith
1930–2001
Pauline Carol Smith
1933–2013
Dorothy Ann Smith
1937–2007

Sources (76)

  • Olive Smith in household of Pauline Dyer, "Montana, Flathead County, School Census, 1903-1969"
  • Olive Elwood, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
  • Olive Smith, "Montana Death Index, 1860-2007"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1910

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Olander Lacy BIRTH unknown DEATH 14 Nov 1910 Flathead County, Montana, USA BURIAL Glacier Memorial Gardens Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, USA MEMORIAL ID 126063420

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Elwald, Elwold, Alwold (Old English Ælfweald, ælf ‘elf’ + weald ‘rule’). The surname is now rare in Scotland, but was once quite common in the Scottish borders where it was altered to Elliott and Ellett . The different surnames may have co-existed and become confused with one other.

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

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