Brief Life History of Darwin E.
When Darwin E. Roscoe was born on 13 October 1908, in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States, his father, John Wadsworth Roscoe, was 32 and his mother, Mary Gertrude Maulsby, was 34. He married Leona T. Devos on 20 September 1930, in King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1943 and lived in Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States for about 5 years and Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1994. He died on 8 October 1994, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Kitsap, Washington, United States.
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- Darwin Roscoe, "United States Census, 1940"
- Darwin Earl Roscoe, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Darwin E Roscoe, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
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.
1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Roscoe in Anderton (Lancashire), from Old Norse rá ‘roe, roe buck’ or rá ‘boundary’ + skógr ‘wood’.
Altered form of Racicot , a surname of French origin.
Americanized form of Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia), and Czech Roško, Hungarian Roskó, and in some cases also of Croatian or Serbian Roško (see Rosko ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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