Sidney Long

Brief Life History of Sidney

When Sidney Long was born in 1894, in Douglas, Oregon, United States, his father, Samuel Gill Long, was 44 and his mother, Alice Jane Bradford, was 28. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Gill Long
1850–1936
Alice Jane Bradford
1866–1953
Ralph Long
1878–
Maggie May Long
1885–1965
Zella Marie Long
1888–1975
Hazel Long
1890–
Sidney Long
1894–

Sources (1)

  • Sidney Long in household of Samuel Long, "United States Census, 1900"

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 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .

Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).

German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

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

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