Brief Life History of Bertha
When Bertha Gordan was born on 22 February 1865, in Russell, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Hugh Moore Gordon, was 37 and her mother, Caroline Evans, was 36. She married Alvah A. Allen on 9 May 1894, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Clare, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1900 and Clare, Clare, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1905. She died on 1 January 1938, in South Russell, Russell, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Russell, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.
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- Bertha Gordon in household of Hugh Gordon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bertha Gordan - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Bertha Allen
- Bertha Gordan, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Jordan . The surname Gordan is very rare in Germany.
Irish (Wexford and Sligo): adopted as an Anglicized form of Mag Mhuirneacháin ‘son of Muirneachán’, a personal name from a diminutive of muirneach ‘lovable’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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