Brief Life History of Florence Mae
When Florence Mae Gohn was born on 31 January 1893, in Fithian, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, her father, David Lincoln Warren Gohn, was 29 and her mother, Hannah Isabelle Sailor, was 22. She married Virgil Roscoe Chambers on 22 September 1935, in Peru, Peru Township, Miami, Indiana, United States. She lived in Rochester, Rochester Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States for about 30 years and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1942. She died on 7 July 1987, at the age of 94, and was buried in Rochester, Rochester Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States.
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- Florence Chambers in household of Roscoe Chambers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Florence Chambers, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Florence M Gohn, "United States Census, 1910"
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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.
1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
German: from a shortened form of the personal name Johann (see John ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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