Brief Life History of Blanche
When Blanche Saltzgiver was born in 1908, in Illinois, United States, her father, Frank Alvero Saltzgiver, was 24 and her mother, Elva Josephine Coombs, was 22. She married Noel Joseph Martell on 10 November 1930, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States. She lived in Malta, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 27 December 2000, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 92.
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- Blanche Saltzgiver in household of Frank Saltzgiver, "United States Census, 1930"
- Blanche A Martell, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Blanche A Saltzgiver in household of Frank A Saltzgiver, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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