Marjorie Evelyn Marsh

Brief Life History of Marjorie Evelyn

When Marjorie Evelyn Marsh was born on 3 March 1895, in New York, United States, her father, Delos Leland Marsh, was 33 and her mother, Mary Estelle Mix, was 20. She married George E Fanton on 2 May 1915. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Andover, Andover, Allegany, New York, United States in 1910 and Bolivar, Allegany, New York, United States for about 15 years. She died on 1 March 1939, at the age of 43, and was buried in Bolivar, Allegany, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

George E Fanton
1894–1963
Marjorie Evelyn Marsh
1895–1939
Marriage: 2 May 1915
Robert L Fanton
1925–1930
Ruth M Fanton
1929–1999
Leila F Fanton
1933–2022

Sources (12)

  • Margret Marsh in household of D L Marsh, "New York State Census, 1905"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Marjorie Marsh - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Marjorie Marsh
  • Marjory E Marsh, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

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.

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.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

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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