Brief Life History of William Preston
When William Preston Newlin Jr was born on 11 November 1898, in Woodland, Decatur, Iowa, United States, his father, William Preston Newlin, was 33 and his mother, Mary Edith Davis, was 30. He married Jennie May Campbell on 25 December 1922, in Decatur, Iowa, United States. He lived in Hamilton Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died in February 1984, in Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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- William P Newlin, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wm. Newlin, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- William Preston, Jr. Newlin, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Nevelon, ancient Germanic Neveling, Nivelung (see Niebling ). The ancient Germanic name is a mythological name, of uncertain origin, in the early history of the royal house of Burgundy. It became a byword for wealth, and is most familiar from Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ‘The Ring of the Nibelung’.
Americanized form of Swedish Nylin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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