Brief Life History of Minnie Nevada
When Minnie Nevada Hopkins was born in October 1869, in Andrew, Missouri, United States, her father, John William Hopkins Senior, was 44 and her mother, Mary B. Banty, was 21. She married George Frederick Vorhees on 18 November 1912, in Denver, Colorado, United States. She lived in Buena Vista, Chaffee, Colorado, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 5 South Glenwood, Garfield, Colorado, United States in 1910. She died on 3 October 1956, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Minnie Hopkins in household of John W Hopkins, "United States Census, 1870"
- Minnie Nevada Voris, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Minnie Hopkins, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872 · The Modoc War
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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