Brief Life History of Harry Strite
When Harry Strite Ditto was born on 12 March 1868, in Clear Spring, Washington, Maryland, United States, his father, Joshua William Ditto, was 37 and his mother, Martha Strite, was 27. He married Emma Myrtle Hollinger on 26 February 1896, in Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in District 4, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1870 and Wilson, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1930. He died on 2 September 1944, at the age of 76, and was buried in United States.
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- Harry Ditto in household of Joshua Ditto, "United States Census, 1870"
- Harry S Ditto in entry for Ernest O Salgado and Alta M Ditto, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Harry Ditto in household of Joshua Ditto, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
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
Altered form of French Ditteau, unexplained. The surname Ditteau is no longer found in France.
Italian: from a short form of the personal name Benedetto .
History: The surname Ditto of French origin was already in North America by 1700.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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