Richard Townsend DeMaris

Male27 January 1885–22 October 1918

Brief Life History of Richard Townsend

When Richard Townsend DeMaris was born on 27 January 1885, in Kentucky, United States, his father, John Ira Demaris, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Minnie Cragg, was 25. He died on 22 October 1918, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ira Demaris
1853–1923
Margaret Minnie Cragg
1859–1933
Willie L. Demeris
1881–1884
Richard Townsend DeMaris
1885–1918
Richard T. Demeris
1887–1918
Bert Lowman Demaris
1889–
Mattie Emeline Demaris
1892–1966

Sources (8)

  • Richard T Demaris in household of John I Demaris, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Richard T Demaris, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Richard Townsend De Maris, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Age 6

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.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Age 7

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 11

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

Altered form of French Demarais , Desmarets (see Demarest ) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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