Brief Life History of Maggie Ann
When Maggie Ann Ashmead was born on 10 November 1873, in Cedar, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, her father, Granville Eberts Ashmead, was 28 and her mother, Rhoda Leona Ellis, was 26. She married Cyrus Jagger on 28 April 1894, in Lexington, Dawson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Antelope, Sheridan, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and Antelope Election Precinct, Dawson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 10 October 1963, in Gothenburg, Dawson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Gothenburg, Dawson, Nebraska, United States.
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- Maggie A Jagger in household of Cyrus Jagger, "United States Census, 1940"
- Maggie A Ashmead, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Maggie Ashmead Jagger in entry for Ethel Larson Mahan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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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.
1882
Historical Boundaries: 1882: Dawson, Nebraska, United States
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ashmead Green or Ashmead House in Gloucestershire, named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + mǣd ‘meadow’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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