Brief Life History of Inez Elizabeth
When Inez Elizabeth Wright was born on 10 August 1879, in Lafayette Township, Clinton, Missouri, United States, her father, Baxter Wright, was 24 and her mother, Margaret E. Fitch, was 31. She married Labart Hamilton Davidson on 6 May 1909, in Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Canada in 1911 and lived in Clear Creek Township, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Cariboo County, British Columbia, Canada in 1931. She died on 21 December 1959, in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cranberry, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Inez Elisabeth Davidson, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Legacy NFS Source: Inez Elizabeth Wright - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Inez Elizabeth Wright
- Inez Elizabeth Davidson, "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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