Ethel Clementine Stevenson

Brief Life History of Ethel Clementine

When Ethel Clementine Stevenson was born on 17 February 1886, in Beattie, Marshall, Kansas, United States, her father, Lewis Milton Stevenson, was 39 and her mother, Mary Minerva Easterly, was 32. She married Thomas John Wanklyn on 11 March 1908, in Seneca, Nemaha, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1949 and Rock Township, Marshall, Kansas, United States in 1950. She died on 29 December 1972, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Thomas John Wanklyn
1884–1952
Ethel Clementine Stevenson
1886–1972
Marriage: 11 March 1908
Phillip Wayne Wanklyn
1909–1995
Marvin Albert Wanklyn
1914–2003

Sources (11)

  • Ethel C Wanklyn, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Clementine Stevenson, "Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
  • Ethel Wanklyn, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1889

Historical Boundaries: 1889: Marshall, Kansas, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Steven, Stephen (see Steven ) + -son. This surname is also very common in northern Ireland (especially Antrim and Down), where it has been interchangeable with Steenson and Stinson . In North America, this surname has also absorbed various European cognates, such as Danish, Norwegian, and North German Steffensen or Stephensen ; see also Stevens .

Scottish: variant of Stevenston, a habitational name from Stevenston (Ayrshire), Stevenson in Newlands (Peeblesshire), or Stevenson in Haddington (East Lothian). The placename in each case derives from the personal name Steven + Older Scots toun ‘farmstead, settlement’.

English: habitational name from Stevenstone (Devon), meaning ‘Stephen's farmstead’.

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

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