Brief Life History of John Catron
When John Catron Church was born on 15 July 1875, in Saint Clair District, Smyth, Virginia, United States, his father, Valentine Virgil Church, was 19 and his mother, Lucinda Caroline Catron, was 19. He married Florence Rebecca Minnick on 11 September 1898, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He died on 17 March 1950, in McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.
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- John Church in household of Valentine Church, "United States Census, 1880"
- Jno. C. Church, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Jno. C. Church, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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