Brief Life History of Cecil Oren
When Cecil Oren Plummer was born about 1876, in Effingham, Illinois, United States, his father, Zachariah Taylor Plummer, was 31 and his mother, Lydia Rice Faunce, was 28. He lived in Douglas, Illinois, United States in 1918 and Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1957, in Cumberland, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Cecil Plummer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Cecil Plummer in entry for Ida May Plummer, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Cecil O Plummer, "United States Census, 1930"
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about 1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English:
occupational name for a worker in lead, especially a maker of lead pipes and conduits, from Middle English plum(b)er, plom(b)er, plummer ‘worker or dealer in lead, plumber’ (Anglo-Norman French plum(m)er, plomner).
habitational name from Plummers in Hertfordshire, which probably derives from Middle English plo(u)me ‘plum’ + mere ‘lake, pool, pond’. The name is also established in Ireland, taken there from England in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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