Samuel A Quigley

Brief Life History of Samuel A

When Samuel A Quigley was born about July 1872, in Kansas, United States, his father, Morris Anderson Quigley, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Erveline Sevier, was 22. He married Artemeca Smith on 15 February 1894, in Brown, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Robinson Township, Brown, Kansas, United States in 1915 and Robinson, Brown, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 30 June 1957, at the age of 85, and was buried in Robinson, Brown, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel A Quigley
1872–1957
Artemeca Smith
1871–1951
Marriage: 15 February 1894
Artemeca May Quigley
1901–1991

Sources (13)

  • S A Quigley, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Quigley - Government record: birth-name: Samuel Quigley
  • Samuel A Quigley, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

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

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Declan, Eamonn, Cathal, Clancy, Colm, Fionnuala, James Patrick, John Patrick, Kiera, Kieran.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coigligh ‘descendant of Coigleach’, a byname apparently representing a simplified form of coigealach ‘like a distaff, untidy person’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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