Robert "Bob" William Denton

Male26 June 1914–18 February 2002

Brief Life History of Robert "Bob" William

When Robert "Bob" William Denton was born on 26 June 1914, in Alpena, Michigan, United States, his father, William Albert "Al" Denton, was 35 and his mother, Eva Claire McKelvey, was 27. He married Pauline "Polly" Annetta Van Antwerp on 6 November 1937, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Detroit Ward 1, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 18 February 2002, in Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Robert "Bob" William Denton
1914–2002
Pauline "Polly" Annetta Van Antwerp
1913–1984
Marriage: 6 November 1937
Kathleen Clare "K.C." Denton
1939–2016
Robert "Bob, Bobby" William Denton II
1941–2010
Caroline Joan "Honey" Denton
1942–2015
Philip "Phil" Eugene Denton
1945–2018

Sources (3)

  • Robert Denton, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Robert W Denton in household of W Albert Denton, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Robert Denton in household of William A Denton, "United States Census, 1930"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 November 1937Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    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.

    1920 · The Detroit Wall

    Age 6

    The Detroit Wall is a half mile long wall that was constructed to serve as a wall of racial separation as a physical barrier between white and black homeowners in northwest Detroit. Today the wall is mostly gone with only a small portion of it located at a local park.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 23

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. The vast majority, including those in Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Dumfries, Durham, Kent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire are named from Old English denu ‘valley’ (see Dean 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. An isolated example in Northamptonshire appears in the Domesday Book as Dodintone meaning ‘enclosure, settlement associated with Dodda or Dudda’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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