Lewis Oscar Cloninger Sr.

Male20 February 1890–12 October 1958

Brief Life History of Lewis Oscar

When Lewis Oscar Cloninger Sr. was born on 20 February 1890, in Englewood, McMinn, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Lewis Cloninger, was 29 and his mother, Nancy C Bogart, was 24. He married Margaret Elizabeth Blizzard on 2 January 1915, in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States in 1935 and Florida City, Dade, Florida, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 October 1958, in Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Naranja, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis Oscar Cloninger Sr.
1890–1958
Margaret Elizabeth Blizzard
1895–1972
Marriage: 2 January 1915
James Bertram Cloninger
1915–1991
Lewis Oscar Cloninger Jr
1921–1999
Ronald Cloninger
1930–1992

Sources (18)

  • Lewis Cloniger, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lewis Oscar Cloninger Sr. - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Lewis Oscar Cloninger Sr.
  • L. O. Cloninger, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 January 1915Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 6

    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.

    1905

    Age 15

    Historical Boundaries: 1905: Dade, Florida, United States 1997: Miami-Dade, Florida, United States

    1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

    Age 18

    Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of German Kloninger, a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place. Kloningers Mühle (Kloninger's Mill) near Langenlonsheim on the Nahe river attests to the surname in Germany.

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

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