Brief Life History of William Bell
When William Bell Dinsmoor Sr. was born on 29 July 1886, in Windham, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, William Weare Dinsmoor, was 26 and his mother, Anne Marie McDonald, was 25. He married Zillah Frances Pierce on 8 September 1910, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1944 and lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and New York City, New York, United States in 1950. He died on 2 July 1973, in Athens, Attica, Greece, at the age of 86, and was buried in Athens, Attica, Greece.
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- William Dinsmoor, "United States 1950 Census"
- Willie B Dinsmoor, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- William Bell Dinsmoor, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1887 · The Michelson-Morley Experiment
In an attempt to detect a medium of space called aether, Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley started to experiment to see if there was any relative motion of matter through light waves. The result was negative and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the aether theory. Even though it has failed multiple times, the same type of experiment has been repeated many times with higher amounts of sensitivity to the sensors.
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
Variant of Dinsmore .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Zillah Frances Pierce
Zillah Frances Pierce was born September 27, 1886 in a small town on Cape Ann on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It was in Pigeon Cove that she was born and grew up. She had two younger brothers, thr …
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