Brief Life History of Clarence E
When Clarence E Blackwell was born in 1918, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Alexander David Blackwell, was 37 and his mother, Fannie Mae Garner, was 32. He lived in Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1973 and Kent, King, Washington, United States in 1991. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 18 November 1998, at the age of 80.
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Sources (6)
- Clarance E Blackwell in household of Elie D Blackwell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Clarence E Blackwell, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Clarlence Blackwell in entry for Jessie Leet Blackwell, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1918
In 1918, the Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities and a climate for year-round training, decided that the area now known as Fort Bragg met all of the desired criteria. Consequently, Camp Bragg came into existence on Sept. 4, 1918. Camp Bragg was named for a native North Carolinian Gen. Braxton Bragg for his actions during the Mexican-American war.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackwell, for example in Cumbria, Derbyshire, County Durham, Warwickshire, Somerset, Devon, Sussex, and Worcestershire, named in Old English frp blæc ‘black, dark’ + wæll(a), well(a) ‘spring, stream’. Alternatively, it may be a topographic name for someone who lived by the ‘dark well or stream’, Middle English blak + wel(le).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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