Brief Life History of Grace Cobb
When Grace Cobb Andrews was born on 31 January 1867, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Orris Starett Andrews, was 47 and her mother, Lucy H Glover, was 32. She married Frank Washburn Fuller on 19 March 1900, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in October 1948, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States.
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- Grace A Fuller in household of Frank W Fuller, "United States Census, 1940"
- Grace C. Andrews, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Grace C Andrews, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
As one of the Reconstruction Amendments, the Fourteenth Amendment addresses the rights and protections that all citizens of the United States have. The amendment also limits actions of state and local officials in all states.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .
History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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