Brief Life History of Tom John
When Tom John Keck was born on 19 March 1890, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, his father, John Christian Keck, was 28 and his mother, Dora Neal Craddock, was 19. He married Oma Stiles on 27 January 1923, in Welty, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States. He lived in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1900 and Paoli, Chickasaw Nation Reservation, Indian Territory, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 2 February 1972, in Livermore, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Thomas Kick in household of John C Kick, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Tom John Keck - Government record: birth-name: Tom John Keck
- Tom Keck, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): nickname from the Middle English reflex of the Old Norse personal name Keikr (from Old West Scandinavian keikr ‘bent backwards’) or Kekkja.
English (Gloucestershire): nickname, possibly from keck, backformed from kex, used through much of southern England as the name of a range of umbelliferous plants having a hollow stalk when dried, for instance cow parsley, cow parsnip, and hemlock, as well as teasel (with parallels in Scandinavia).
German: nickname from Middle High German kēc ‘lively, active’ (cognate of English quick), which later changed its meaning to ‘bold, forward, fresh’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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