Thomas Ellsworth Conway

Male29 June 1892–29 August 1898

Brief Life History of Thomas Ellsworth

When Thomas Ellsworth Conway was born on 29 June 1892, in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States, his father, Thomas Arvitis Conway, was 27 and his mother, Phoebe Ann Wharton, was 15. He died on 29 August 1898, at the age of 6.

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Thomas Arvitis Conway
1865–1951
Phoebe Ann Wharton
1876–1969
Thomas Ellsworth Conway
1892–1898
James Henry Conway
1893–1970

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 4

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

Age 6

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Padraig, Aileen, Donal, James Patrick, Kieran, Brigid, Cliona, Colm, Conley, Declan, Delma.

Irish: Anglicized form adopted for several different Irish names pronounced similarly, such as Mac Conmidhe (see McNamee ), Ó Conbhuide ‘descendant of the Yellow Hound’ (see Conboy ), and Ó Connmhaigh or Mac Connmhaigh ‘descendant (or son) of Connmhach’, a personal name meaning ‘head smasher’ (see Convey ).

Welsh: habitational name from Conwy formerly Conway, a fortified town on the coast of north Wales, itself named for the river on which it stands. Some Welsh families of this name claim alliance with Conyers .

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

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