Brief Life History of Cortelyou
When Cortelyou Marsh was born on 10 December 1906, in Wellsville, Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Delos Leland Marsh, was 45 and his mother, Mary Estelle Mix, was 32. He lived in Andover, Allegany, New York, United States in 1915 and Andover, Andover, Allegany, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 24 January 1930, in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Wellsville, Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Cortelean Marsh in household of Delos Marsh, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cortelyou Marsh - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Cortelyou Marsh
- Cortelyou E Marsh, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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