Brief Life History of Margaret Eugenia "Ennie"
When Margaret Eugenia "Ennie" England was born on 14 March 1872, her father, Luther G England, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Lucella "Lou" Ratliff, was 23. She married William Rector Orr on 2 January 1895. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Election Precinct 10, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 14 September 1957, in Alabama, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ratliff Cemetery, Morgan, Alabama, United States.
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- Maggie E Orr in household of William R Orr, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eugenia Ennie England - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth:
- Maggie E England, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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
English: habitational name from Middle English Engelond ‘England’. It was probably a formal alternative to English , which is also well evidenced as a surname in England. These names may have been acquired by English landowners who moved in Norman social circles or who lived in a neighbouring country (Scotland, Wales, or Ireland), or by English merchants who traded abroad.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farmsteads so named, from Old Norse eng ‘meadow’ + land ‘land’.
Swedish: ornamental name with the same meaning as 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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