Brief Life History of Maud Lillian
When Maud Lillian Inscoe was born on 3 March 1895, in Office Hall, King George, Virginia, United States, her father, Charles William Inscoe, was 25 and her mother, Mollie Vanilla Staples, was 21. She married George J. Alft on 30 January 1915, in Frederick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States for about 10 years and Police Precinct 5, Washington, District of Columbia, United States in 1940. She died on 6 August 1947, at the age of 52, and was buried in Suitland, Prince George's, Maryland, United States.
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- Maude Alft in household of George Alft, "United States Census, 1940"
- Maude T. Inscoe, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Maude T. Inscoe, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): apparently a habitational name from a lost placename ending in Old Norse skógr ‘wood’, perhaps in Lancashire. This name is now more common in the US than in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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