Brief Life History of Joseph Archibald
When Joseph Archibald Preston was born on 4 February 1884, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Preston, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Jane Elizabeth Cope, was 32. He died about 15 September 1928, at the age of 44.
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Sources (2)
- Joseph A Preston in household of William Preston, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Joseph Archibald Preston, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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:
habitational name from one of the many places (most notably one in Lancashire) so called from Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
occasionally from Middle English prest + son ‘son of the priest’. Priests were forbidden marriage but many produced illegitimate offspring.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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