Florence Mildred Hickman

Brief Life History of Florence Mildred

When Florence Mildred Hickman was born on 19 July 1890, in Albion, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, her father, Edgar Marion Hickman, was 36 and her mother, Cora Melissa Bradt, was 29. She married Rosel Cooley on 15 September 1938, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. She lived in Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940 and World for about 5 years. She died on 22 October 1978, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Rosel Cooley
1876–1962
Florence Mildred Hickman
1890–1978
Marriage: 15 September 1938

Sources (19)

  • Florence Mildred Hickman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Florence Mildred Hickman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Florence Cooley, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1892 · The Masonic Temple Building

The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place. 

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire): from the Middle English personal names Hikeman, Hicheman, and (in the West Midlands) Hikemon and Hichemon, pet forms of Hike and Hiche with the hypocoristic suffix -man or -mon. See Hick and Hitch . In some instances, however, Hikeman and Hicheman might be occupational names denoting a ‘servant of Hike or Hiche’. This surname has long been established in Ireland, notably in County Clare.

Americanized form of German Hickmann .

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

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