Brief Life History of Mary May
When Mary May Violett was born on 11 March 1869, in The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon, United States, her father, Isaac Compton Vilott, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Jane Minkler, was 21. She married Edward Coplan Keeney on 1 January 1893, in Ione, Morrow, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Harney City, Harney, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Election Precinct 7 North Fork, Grant, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 July 1933, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Mary Wilson in household of Prior Wilson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary May Violett - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary May Vilott
- Mary May Violett, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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