Brief Life History of Corliss
When Corliss Constable was born on 5 May 1912, in Linn Township, Warren, Iowa, United States, his father, Oliver Perry Constable, was 40 and his mother, Effie Gracie Wynkoop, was 33. He married Mildred 'Peg' Trent on 14 February 1929. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Colfax Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Guthrie, Iowa, United States in 1925. He died on 13 August 1985, in Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Carlyss Constable, "United States 1950 Census"
- Corliss Constable, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Constable, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1917
Earliest memorial marker listed predates establishment of cemeatery: Emma Watanabe BIRTH 11 Jun 1916 DEATH 17 Mar 1917 (aged 9 months) BURIAL Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, USA PLOT Garden of Good Shepherd MEMORIAL ID 100629715
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): occupational name for the law-enforcement officer of a parish, from Middle English, Old French conestable, cunestable, from Late Latin comes stabuli ‘officer of the stable’. The title was also borne by various other officials during the Middle Ages, including the chief officer of a household or court, or a military officer, and this may in some cases be the source of the surname.
Americanized form of Dutch Constapel, an occupational name for the chief gunner aboard a ship or in the garrison of a fort.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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