Brief Life History of Valerie
When Valerie Stockdell was born on 14 July 1891, in Indiana, United States, her father, Cyrus Dunham Stockdell, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Esther Briner, was 24. She married Henry Kessling in 1915. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Hennepin, Putnam, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Whitefield Township, Marshall, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 18 December 1933, in Magnolia, Putnam, Illinois, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Florid Cemetery, Hennepin Township, Putnam, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Valerie Stockdale in household of James A Mcnabb, "United States Census, 1910"
- Velarie Kessling, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Valerie Stockdell Kessling, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Stockdale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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