Brief Life History of Mary Catherine
When Mary Catherine Book was born on 3 January 1901, in McVeytown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Charles Edmond Book, was 36 and her mother, Lydia Matilda Ellen Campbell, was 34. She married George Louis Baggus in 1916, in Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920 and Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 20 January 1982, in Belleville, Union Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Jefferson Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Jefferson Hills, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Mary C Bacgus in household of George L Bacgus, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mary Catharine Book, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Washington County Maryland Marriage Index
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Buch or Buck .
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name Bogo, Old High German bogo ‘bow’ (weapon). Compare Boock .
English and Scottish: variant of Buck or from the same source as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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