Brief Life History of Florence Collette
When Florence Collette Crowley was born on 4 February 1924, in Ohio, United States, her father, John Patrick Crowley, was 24 and her mother, Florence Auber, was 24. She married LeRoy Ralph Diewald on 30 May 1942. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 5 years and Avon, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 12 December 1978, at the age of 54, and was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Florence Crowley Jr. in household of John P Crowley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Florence C Crowley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Florence Coletta Marie Crowley Diewald, "Find A Grave Index"
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1925 · The First Municipally Owned Airport in the Country.
The Cleveland Hopkins Airport was named after its founder, William R. Hopkins, and it was the first municipality-owned airport in the United States. It also is the home of the first air traffic control tower, the first ground-to-air radio control system, the first airfield lighting system, and the first U.S. airport to be directly connected to a local rail transit system. It is still in operation today and is the 43rd busiest airport in the United States.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brennan, Kieran, Aileen, Assumpta, Bridie, Declan, Donovan, Kaitlin, Kevin Patrick, Maeve, Patrick Joseph.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich ‘descendant of Cruadhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements cruadh ‘hardy’ + laoch ‘hero’. There has been some confusion with Crawley .
English: variant of Crawley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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