Wallace Joseph Hoskyn

Male28 April 1918–21 February 1942

Brief Life History of Wallace Joseph

When Wallace Joseph Hoskyn was born on 28 April 1918, in Okanogan, Washington, United States, his father, Joseph Phillip Hoskyn, was 28 and his mother, Bernice Edna Harding, was 20. He lived in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1920 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 February 1942, in Java, Walworth, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Phillip Hoskyn
1889–1951
Bernice Edna Harding
1897–1983
Wallace Joseph Hoskyn
1918–1942
Dorothy E. Hoskyn
1919–1952
Richard P. Hoskyn
1928–2002

Sources (5)

  • Wallace Hoskyn in household of Joseph Hoskyn, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wallace Joseph Hoskyn, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
  • Wallace Joseph Hoskyn, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1919 · Seattle General Strike

Age 1

The Seattle general strike was a five day strike in 1919, where around 65,000 workers began striking for higher wages. This happened two years after WWI  wage controls.

1927

Age 9

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall): variant of Hoskin .

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

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