Blanche Louise Bowman

Brief Life History of Blanche Louise

When Blanche Louise Bowman was born on 15 December 1930, in Crandon, Forest, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Douglas Stephen Bowman Sr., was 50 and her mother, Thelma Alice Wilson, was 27. She had at least 2 sons with John Shackelford. She lived in Oakland Township, Oakland, Michigan, United States in 1950 and Arcadia, DeSoto, Florida, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 March 2010, in Punta Gorda, Charlotte, Florida, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

John Shackelford
1926–2002
Blanche Louise Bowman
1930–2010
Dale Shackelford
1953–2001
John Shackleford
–2017

Sources (32)

  • Blanche L Shackelford, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Blanche Louise Shackelford, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Blanche Louise Shackleford, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law

The nation's first unemployment compensation law was passed in Wisconsin on January 28, 1932.

1951 · The Twenty-Second Amendment

Before the Twenty-second Amendment, the Presidency didn’t have a set number limit on how many times they could be elected or re-elected to the office of President of the United States. The Amendment sets that limit to two times, consecutively or not, and sets additional conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, hunter or soldier armed with a bow, from Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer , which denoted a maker or seller of bows.

Americanized form of German Baumann or the Dutch cognate Bouwman .

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

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