Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Hicks was born on 20 December 1860, in Walker, Georgia, United States, her father, Andrew Hicks, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Brickey, was 44. She married William Daniel Ray on 28 October 1886. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Chestnutflat, Walker, Georgia, United States in 1900 and District 944, Walker, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 11 August 1930, in Walker, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Rock Spring, Walker, Georgia, United States.
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- Margaret Ray in household of William D Ray, "United States Census, 1920"
- Margrett Hicks, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Mrs Margaret Hicks Bray, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1943"
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World Events (8)
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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