When Anna Mae Gillard was born on 9 May 1879, in Edwards, Illinois, United States, her father, Henry Gillard, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Anderson, was 25. She married John Marshall Allison on 14 August 1907, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 3 January 1942, in Township of Massilon, Wayne, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Mckendree Cemetery, Mount Erie, Wayne, Illinois, United States.
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Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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.
English: from the Middle English personal name Gillard, Jillard, with initial soft g (/dʒ/), a borrowing of Old French Gillard, a pet form of Gille (see Giles and 4 below). Alternatively, from the Middle English personal name Gillard which, with a hard g (/g/), would be from Old French Guilard, corresponding to the Norman form Willard .
English: sometimes perhaps an altered form of Gillett .
English: sometimes perhaps an altered form of Gerard (Middle English Girard) with r/l substitution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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