When Mamie Ethel Woodyard was born on 18 May 1893, in Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, George Woodyard, was 27 and her mother, Mary Sophia Randall, was 22. She married Frank James Mcmahan on 14 January 1912, in Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Elwood, Pipe Creek Township, Madison, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Anderson, Madison, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 March 1980, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 86.
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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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
English (East Anglia): topographic or occupational name from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + yerde ‘yard’ (Old English wudu + geard), for a person who lived or worked at an enclosure in which wood was chopped or stored.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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