Walter Bishop Hinson

Brief Life History of Walter Bishop

When Walter Bishop Hinson was born on 20 November 1894, in Fair Bluff, Columbus, North Carolina, United States, his father, Robert Daniel Hinson, was 37 and his mother, Jo Anne Strickland, was 27. He had at least 1 son with Winifred Virginia "Winnie" Day. He lived in District 1534, Pierce, Georgia, United States in 1920. He died on 28 August 1963, in Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Andrews, Nassau, Florida, United States.

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Walter Bishop Hinson
1894–1963
Winifred Virginia "Winnie" Day
1896–1978
Marvin Owen Hinson Sr
1928–2007

Sources (7)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Walter B Hinson, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"
  • Walter Bishop Hinson in entry for Marvin Owen Hinson Sr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

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.

1910

Historical Boundaries 1910: Nassau, Florida, United States

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic meaning ‘son of the hind’, from Middle English hine ‘household servant, agricultural laborer’, perhaps also ‘farm manager’ (see Hine ) + son.

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

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