Brief Life History of Marion Ellis
When Marion Ellis Plantz was born about 1874, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Martin Van Buren Plantz, was 41 and her mother, Almeda A Akins, was 35. She married Johanna Agnes Peterson on 29 April 1925, in Neligh, Antelope, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Custer Township, Antelope, Nebraska, United States in 1885. She died in 1937, at the age of 64.
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- Marian Plantz in household of Martin Plantz, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
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.
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Americanized form of German Pflanz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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