When Essie Mae Gorham was born on 9 August 1885, in Missouri, United States, her father, William Pepper Gorham, was 23 and her mother, Roxie Ann Tucker, was 22. She married Morris Luther Murray on 4 November 1903, in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Butterfield, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States in 1930. She died on 5 December 1939, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.
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In an attempt to detect a medium of space called aether, Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley started to experiment to see if there was any relative motion of matter through light waves. The result was negative and is generally considered to be the first strong evidence against the aether theory. Even though it has failed multiple times, the same type of experiment has been repeated many times with higher amounts of sensitivity to the sensors.
Bauxite a rock with relatively high aluminum content, is the main source of aluminum for the world. When it was discovered in Arkansas it changed the state. The city of Bauxite, Arkansas was the site of the discovery.
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
English (Kent and Suffolk): habitational name from Gorham Wood in Bicknor (Kent), so named from Old English gāra ‘triangular piece of land’ + hām ‘homestead’.
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Gorron, in Mayenne (France).
History: Born in England, John Gorham emigrated to MA and in 1643 married Desire Howland, daughter of John Howland, who came to North America on the Mayflower. His descendant Nathaniel (1738–96) was born in Charlestown, MA. He served as chairman of the Committee of the Whole House of Representatives in 1787, when it debated the American constitution.
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