Brief Life History of Blanche Emma
Blanche Emma Menomy was born on 22 May 1874, in San Francisco, California, United States. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Austin Fisher Clarke. She lived in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 20 years and Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 6 August 1951, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Park View Cemetery, Manteca, San Joaquin, California, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Blanche Clarke, "United States Census, 1940"
- Blanche E Menomy in entry for Clark, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- B Emma Clarke in household of Austin F Clarke, "United States Census, 1930"
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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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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
Originally a nickname for a blonde, from blanche, feminine of Old French blanc ‘white’ (of Germanic origin). It came to be associated with the notion of whiteness as indicating purity, and was introduced into England as a given name by the Normans. A pale complexion combined with light hair was long an ideal of beauty in Europe (compare Modern English fair, which at first meant ‘beautiful’ and then, from the 16th century, ‘light in colouring’).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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