Brief Life History of Henrietta
When Henrietta Gerow was born on 4 January 1876, in Maine, United States, her father, Wellington A Gerow, was 32 and her mother, Elvira A Moody, was 29. She married Linwood McQuarrie on 29 July 1896, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 28 February 1957, in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hodgdon, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Henretta Mcquarie in household of Linwood Mcquarie, "United States Census, 1940"
- Etta Geraw, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
- Henrietta McQuarrie, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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
Americanized form of French Giroux or Giraud .
History: This surname is listed along with its original form Giraud in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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