George Abner Tribbey

Brief Life History of George Abner

When George Abner Tribbey was born on 12 January 1893, in Marshfield, Coos, Oregon, United States, his father, George Washington Tribbey, was 36 and his mother, Emma Belle Heath, was 28. He married Grace Lucile Stewart on 29 October 1923, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and Fruitdale, Josephine, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 5 April 1981, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

George Abner Tribbey
1893–1981
Mary Janetta Moss
1907–1962
Marriage: 20 August 1928
Thomas J Tribbey
1932–1988
Darrell Abner Tribbey
1934–1974

Sources (17)

  • George A Tribbey, "United States 1950 Census"
  • George A Tribbey, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • George Alden Tribbey, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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.

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Origin undetermined. Compare Tribby .

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

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