When Alvin Addison Day was born on 4 August 1892, in Mellette, Spink, South Dakota, United States, his father, Frank Plummer Day, was 25 and his mother, Dora Wilson, was 26. He married Susie Adeline Lusby on 25 March 1914, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Stanton, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States in 1910 and Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States for about 30 years. In 1930, at the age of 38, his occupation is listed as as a fruit farmer in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States. He died on 24 May 1978, in Union Gap, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Terrace Heights, Yakima, Washington, United States.
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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.
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English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
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