Brief Life History of Ellen Wilson
When Ellen Wilson McAdoo was born on 12 May 1915, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, Senator William Gibbs McAdoo Jr, was 51 and her mother, Eleanor Randalph Wilson, was 25. She married William Alfred Hinshaw on 13 September 1938, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 December 1946, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Ellen Hinshaw in household of William Hinshaw, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ellen McAdoo Hinshaw, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Ellen Wilson Mcadoo, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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1923 · First Presidential Radio Broadcast
"On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal and Monaghan): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conduibh ‘son of Cú Dhubh’, a personal name or byname meaning ‘black hound’, from cú ‘hound’ (genitive con) + dubh ‘black’. It is also Anglicized as Cunniff and McNiff . The form McAdoo in Ulster may also be connected with the Scottish name McIndoe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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