Brief Life History of Minnie Sela
When Minnie Sela Couch was born on 13 January 1890, in Belle Fourche, Butte, South Dakota, United States, her father, George Washington Couch, was 41 and her mother, Mary A Lesley, was 38. She married John Roberts Wills on 24 June 1906. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Billings, North Dakota, United States in 1920 and Golden Valley, North Dakota, United States in 1925. She died on 5 December 1976, in Belle Fourche, Butte, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Pine Slope Cemetery, Belle Fourche, Butte, South Dakota, United States.
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- Minnie S Wills, "United States Census, 1940"
- Minniesella Couch, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Birth and Marriage Indexes, 1843-2014"
- Minnie Wills, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1912
Historical Boundaries: 1912: Golden Valley, North Dakota, United States
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall and Devon): nickname from Middle English couch(e) ‘hump, hunch’, used for a hunchback. In Cornwall and Devon it is usually pronounced as Cooch.
English (Cornwall and Devon): variant of Gooch .
English (Cornwall and Devon): from Middle English coche, couche ‘bed, couch, tablecloth’ (Old French couche, culche). It could have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who made such items or a nickname for a lazy individual. Alternatively, it could have been applied to someone who produced couchwork, a luxurious embroidery in which gold or silver thread and jewels were sewn into satin or silk robes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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