William Paul Bingham

Male17 November 1908–14 December 1985

Brief Life History of William Paul

When William Paul Bingham was born on 17 November 1908, his father, Goldson Davis Bingham, was 37 and his mother, Rosa Belle Weaver, was 16. He married Edith Beatrice Mast on 1 January 1931, in Johnson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 14 December 1985, in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Paul Bingham
1908–1985
Edith Beatrice Mast
1909–2004
Marriage: 1 January 1931
William Eugene Bingham
1931–1932

Sources (23)

  • William P Bingham in household of Galson D Bingham, "United States Census, 1910"
  • William Paul Bingham, "North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Paul W Bingham, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 January 1931Johnson, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1909 · The NAACP is formed

    Age 1

    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    1918 · Fort Bragg Established

    Age 10

    Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

    1929

    Age 21

    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 (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

    Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .

    American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .

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

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