Calvin Willard Billingsley

Brief Life History of Calvin Willard

When Calvin Willard Billingsley was born on 14 March 1880, in Clifton, Oneida, Idaho, United States, his father, William Stevenson Billingsley, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Ellen Van Leuven, was 31. He married Mary Vella Winschell on 21 September 1908, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Conda Election Precinct, Caribou, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Conda, Caribou, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 31 July 1966, in Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Calvin Willard Billingsley
1880–1966
Mary Vella Winschell
1889–1970
Marriage: 21 September 1908
Dale Calvin Billingsley
1909–1990
Leo Willard Billingsley
1910–1982
Melva Vella Billingsley
1911–1999
Lavon Mary Billingsley
1913–1986
Marie Margurette Billingsley
1916–1916

Sources (31)

  • Calvin W Billingsley, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Calvin Willard Billingsley, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
  • Calvin Billingsley, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882

Historical Boundaries 1882: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): habitational name from a place in Shropshire named Billingsley, from Old English Billingeslēah ‘clearing (Old English lēah) near a sword-shaped hill’ (billing). See Bill 2.

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

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