Brief Life History of Russell Walter
When Russell Walter Colvin was born on 10 August 1918, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States, his father, William Clayton Colvin, was 28 and his mother, Katherine Mae LaFlamme, was 29. He married Barbara Ann Davis on 18 January 1947, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 October 1992, in Waterville, Kennebec, Maine, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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- Russell W Colvin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Russell Walter Colvin, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996"
- Russell Walter Colvin in entry for Pamela Middleton Colvin, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920 · Woman's Suffrage Referendum 1920
The voting ballet from September 13, 1920 included a veto referendum that would give women the right to vote in the presidential elections. The referendum won, with 88,080 votes (74.30%) supporting the change. This resulted in women from Maine being among the first in the country to obtain suffrage.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.
Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.
English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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