Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Winters was born on 6 October 1872, in Carroll, Ohio, United States, his father, Frederick Winters, was 40 and his mother, Mary Jane Hunt, was 41. He lived in South Point, Fayette Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom in 1947. He died on 17 December 1947, in Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Sandy Township, Stark, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Benjamin F Winters in household of Fredric Winters, "United States Census, 1880"
- Bengerman Winters, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Frank Winters, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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.
Name Meaning
Dutch and German: patronymic from Winter .
English: variant of Winter , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Mac Giolla Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. Compare Winter 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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