Brief Life History of Valentine
When Valentine Churchill was born on 12 February 1898, in Clifden, County Galway, Ireland, his father, Michael Churchill, was 38 and his mother, Norah Hutchinson, was 28. He married Nellie Halloran on 4 June 1930, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1954 and lived in Claggan, County Galway, Ireland in 1901 and County Galway, Ireland in 1911. He died on 14 September 1970, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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- Valentine Churchill in household of Michael Churchill, "Ireland Census, 1911"
- Valentine Churchill, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Valenti Churchill, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset and Somerset): habitational name from any of various places called Churchill, for example in Devon, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Worcestershire. Most were probably originally named with a Celtic element crūg ‘hill’ (which early on was reinterpreted as Old English cyrice ‘church’), to which was added Old English hyll ‘hill’. Alternatively, a topographic name denoting someone who lived ‘(on the) church hill’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Kirkkomäki: ornamental or topographic name from kirkko ‘church’ + mäki ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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