Brief Life History of Bertha Beatrice
When Bertha Beatrice Higginbottom was born on 18 November 1874, in Pana, Christian, Illinois, United States, her father, James Isaac Higginbottom, was 29 and her mother, Mary Jane Seitz, was 29. She married Robert Melvin Murray in 1893, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Burdine Township, Texas, Missouri, United States in 1940. She died in 1948, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rosemond Grove Cemetery, Rosamond, Christian, Illinois, United States.
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- Bertha Murray in household of Robert M Murray, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bertha Beatrice Higgenbotham - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Bertha Beatrice Higgenbotham
- Bertha Higginbottom, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
Name Meaning
English (northern): variant of Higginbotham .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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