Brief Life History of Mary Kate
When Mary Kate DeLong was born on 31 March 1892, in Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States, her father, James Franklin De Long, was 32 and her mother, Susanna Bowers Crooks, was 32. She married Willard Emmett Brown on 8 May 1941, in Perry, Ohio, United States. She lived in Crooksville, Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 June 1966, in New Lexington, Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, New Lexington, Perry, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary Delong in household of Douglas Delong, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary K. Delong, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Mary Kate De Long, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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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 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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
French: habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from a place called Long, of which there are examples in Cher, Dordogne, and Somme.
Americanized form of Dutch and Flemish De Lange 1 and of its Flemish cognate De Langhe, which is also found in France (Nord and Pas-de-Calais).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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