Brief Life History of Agnes May
When Agnes May Neighbours was born in 1893, in California, United States, her father, William Henry Neighbors, was 27 and her mother, Mary Sex, was 26. She married William Francis Burke on 5 August 1912, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 March 1927, in California, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in California, United States.
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- Agnes Neighbours in household of William Neighbours, "United States Census, 1910"
- Agnes May Neighbours, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
- Agnes May Neighbours in entry for William Francis Burke, "California Marriages, 1850-1945"
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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.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Neighbour , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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