Brief Life History of Marjorie
When Marjorie Potter was born in February 1893, in Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, Wendell Gilbert Potter, was 31 and her mother, Anna M. Hutchins, was 18. She married Willard Rice Platt about 1926. She lived in Herkimer, Herkimer, New York, United States for about 20 years.
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- Marjorie Potter in household of Wendal Y Potter, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Marjorie Potter - Published information: birth-name: Marjorie Potter
- Margie E Potter in household of Wendel G Potter, "New York State Census, 1905"
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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.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English and Dutch; North German (Pötter): occupational name for a maker of drinking and storage vessels, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle Low German pot. In the Middle Ages the term covered workers in metal as well as earthenware and clay.
In some cases also an Americanized form (translation into English) of Croatian, Serbian, and Slovenian Lončar ‘potter’ (see Loncar ), and probably also of cognates from some other languages, e.g. Czech Hrnčíř (see Hrncir ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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