Brief Life History of Clyde Henry
When Clyde Henry Honeywell was born on 1 June 1895, in Willis, Augusta Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, his father, Willard Walton Honeywell, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Rosa Post, was 25. He married Flossie Pearl Mosure on 19 March 1927, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States. He lived in Avon Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 2 May 1988, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Falmouth, Clam Union Township, Missaukee, Michigan, United States.
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- Clyde Henry Honeywell, "Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919"
- Clyde Henry Honeywell, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Clyde Honeywell, "Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from any of several minor places of this name in Devon, from Old English hunig ‘honey’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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