Minnie L. Simmers

Brief Life History of Minnie L.

When Minnie L. Simmers was born in March 1880, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States, her father, Henry Clay Simmers, was 32 and her mother, Currilla Catherine Sexton, was 31. She married William Tilden Grant on 19 March 1899, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Jasonville, Wright Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Wright Township, Greene, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 5 November 1967, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Hymera, Jackson Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Tilden Grant
1876–1952
Minnie L. Simmers
1880–1967
Marriage: 19 March 1899
Caroline C Grant
1900–1991

Sources (18)

  • Minnie L Grant in household of William F Grant, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minnie L. Simmers - Government record: birth-name: Minnie L. Simmers
  • Minnie T Summers, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Aberdeenshire): variant of Summers , with unrounding of /u/ to /ɪ/ before the nasal consonant, a dialect feature of post-medieval northern English and Scots. Simmers was probably interchangeable with the now extinct name Simmer, a variant of Summer , especially in Aberdeenshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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