Mildred M Osgood

Brief Life History of Mildred M

When Mildred M Osgood was born on 20 June 1883, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Osgood, was 36 and her mother, Arabelle O Quimby, was 30. She married Frederick William Murdock on 2 April 1907, in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1912 and lived in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 31 July 1939, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 56.

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David Whitcomb
1879–1966
Mildred M Osgood
1883–1939
Marriage: 13 September 1911
David Whitcomb
1917–1989

Sources (16)

  • Mildred M Osgood in household of Benjamin Osgood, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mildred Osgood Whitcomb, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Mildred M Osgood, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889 · Washington Becomes a State

On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (southern): from the late Old English personal name Ōsgod, Ōsgot, an Anglicized form of Old Norse Ásgautr, Asgot, from áss ‘god’ + Gautr a Continental tribal name.

Jewish: adoption of the name in 1 above in place of some similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surname.

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

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