Brief Life History of Nora Adaline
When Nora Adaline Atchison was born on 6 September 1871, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States, her father, Alexander Culbertson Atchison, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Matilda McCulloch, was 26. She married William Henry Hill on 9 April 1889, in Engelmann Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1935 and Avalon, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died on 15 October 1963, in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Roby, Texas, Missouri, United States.
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- Norce Hill in household of Henry Hill, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nora A Atchison, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Nora Adeline Atchison Hill, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and northern Irish: palatalized form of northern English Atkinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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