Brief Life History of Milburn William
When Milburn William Newland was born on 12 February 1896, in Letcher, Kentucky, United States, his father, William F. "Bud" Newland, was 41 and his mother, Jenny Everidge, was 35. He married Grace Combs on 7 February 1922, in Hindman, Knott, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Hindman, Knott, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 1, Knott, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died in January 1978, in Knott, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hindman, Knott, Kentucky, United States.
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- Milburn Newland, Blank, "United States Census, 1940"
- Milbern Newland, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Milbern Newland, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
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: topographic name from Middle English newe ‘new’ + land ‘land’ (Old English nīwe, land), for someone who lived by a patch of land recently brought into cultivation or recently added to the village, or a habitational name from any of a number of settlements called Newland for this reason.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Scandinavian Nyland or of German Neuland and North German Nieland, from any of several habitational names from any of the places called Neuland or Nieland(e) in Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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