Blanche M. Corbin

Female21 May 1913–18 November 1981

Brief Life History of Blanche M.

When Blanche M. Corbin was born on 21 May 1913, in Blue Grass, Highland, Virginia, United States, her father, Asa Seymore Corbin, was 38 and her mother, Maude Elizabeth Colaw, was 35. She lived in South River District, Augusta, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 November 1981, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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Joseph C Suddarth
1918–
Blanche M. Corbin
1913–1981

Sources (6)

  • Blanche M Corbin in household of Asa C Corbin, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Blanche Marie Corbin, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
  • Blanche Suddarth, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 3

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Age 4

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1931

Age 18

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

Name Meaning

French and English: nickname meaning ‘little crow, raven’, possibly applied to a black haired man, from Old French, Middle English corbin, a diminutive of corb ‘raven’ (Anglo-Norman French corbin, corfbin ‘crow, raven’).

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Calvados and Orne, France, named Corbon.

Irish: variant of Corban .

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

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