Florence Annie Maud Tippett was born on 31 March 1892, in Kenwyn, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. She married William Van Jackson on 18 January 1911, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 11 February 1923, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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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.
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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
English (southwestern, especially Cornwall):
from the Middle English personal name Tippet, a diminutive of Tipp or Tepp. See Tipp and compare Tibbett .
perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English tippet ‘long, narrow piece of cloth covering the shoulders’ (sometimes part of a hood). The name may have been given to someone who was distinguished by the wearing, making, or selling of tippets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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