Brief Life History of Margaret Floy
When Margaret Floy Washburn was born on 25 July 1871, in New York, United States, her father, Francis Washburn, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Floy Davis, was 27. She lived in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States in 1910 and Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States for about 10 years. Her occupation is listed as professor in Vassar, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States. She died on 29 October 1939, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Margaret Washburn, "United States Census, 1910"
- Margaret F Washburn, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Margaret F Washburn, "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957"
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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.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Great and Little Washbourne (Gloucestershire), or Washbourne in Halwell (Devon). The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English wæsse (genitive wæssan) ‘wet place, swamp, marsh’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. The Devon placename derives from Old English wæsce ‘place for washing’ + burna.
History: John Washburn came to MA in 1626 and settled in Duxbury, MA, in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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