Brief Life History of Paul Boynton
When Paul Boynton Meserve was born on 2 November 1902, in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Frank Wilbur Meserve, was 43 and his mother, Alice Belle Wadsworth, was 37. He married Margaret Brainard Hamilton on 13 June 1931, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1932 and lived in Eastchester, Westchester, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 6 July 1983, in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in California, United States.
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- Paul B Meserve, "United States Census, 1930"
- Paul Boynton Merserve, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Paul Boynton Meserve, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Channel Islands Messervy .
History: Clement Messervy from Gorey in the isle of Jersey married Elizabeth Jones in Welch Cove, NH, in 1675. His grandson Nathaniel, who had 11 children, was one of the 12 leading men who purchased claims to NH territory in 1746.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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