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Olive Blanch Webster

17 September 1874–7 August 1955 (Age 80)
Somerset, Maryland, United States

The Life of Olive Blanch

When Olive Blanch Webster was born on 17 September 1874, in Somerset, Maryland, United States, her father, Major Wesley Webster, was 31 and her mother, Mary A Smith Carew, was 30. She married Edward Thomas Corbett on 5 January 1892, in Somerset, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in District 9, Somerset, Maryland, United States in 1900 and Deal Island, Somerset, Maryland, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 August 1955, at the age of 80, and was buried in Wenona, Somerset, Maryland, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Edward Thomas Corbett

1863–1949

Olive Blanch Webster

1874–1955

Marriage: 5 January 1892

Thomas Edward Corbett Jr.

1892–1894

Olive May Corbett

1894–1919

Essie Bell Corbett

1896–1944

Maude Estell Corbett

1897–1969

Julia Smith Corbett

1898–1918

Thomas Edward Corbett Jr.

1901–1912

Minnie Lee Corbett

1903–1976

Samuel James Corbett

1905–1959

Helen Corbett

1909–

Glen Wood Corbett

1910–1998

Edward Wilson Corbett

1912–1988

Charles Hastings Corbett

1915–1989

Spouse and Children

Edward Thomas Corbett

Male1863–1949Male

Olive Blanch Webster

Female1874–1955Female

MARRIAGE
5 January 1892
Somerset, Maryland, United States

children

(12)

Thomas Edward Corbett Jr.

Male1892–1894Male

Olive May Corbett

Female1894–1919Female

Essie Bell Corbett

Female1896–1944Female

Maude Estell Corbett

Female1897–1969Female

Julia Smith Corbett

Female1898–1918Female

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Parents and Siblings

Major Wesley Webster

Male1843–Male

Mary A Smith Carew

Female1844–Female

siblings

(8)

Edward T. Webster

Male1861–Male

James W. Webster

Male1862–Male

Eliza Webster

Female1866–Female

Virginia Webster

Female1867–Female

Olive Blanch Webster

Female1874–1955Female

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 1

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 1

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 22

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Webster

Olive

Blanch

English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb .

Possible Related Names

Webb

Sangster

Sources (3)

Olive B Corbitt in household of Edward Corbitt, "United States Census, 1900"
Olive B Webster in household of Major W Webster, "United States Census, 1880"
Olive B Corbitt in household of Thomas E Corbitt, "United States Census, 1910"

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