Brief Life History of Windsor Earl
When Windsor Earl Colvin was born on 8 April 1915, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Larkin Francis Colvin, was 32 and his mother, Sadie Mae Windsor, was 26. He married Bertha Estella Brooks on 21 December 1936, in Scioto, Ohio, United States. He lived in Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Brush Creek Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 31 October 1987, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Windsor E Colvin in household of Larkin F Colvin, "United States Census, 1930"
- Windsor Earl Colvin, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Windsor Earl Colvin, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · The U.S. Army Spruce Production Division
Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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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