David Timothy Scoggins

Brief Life History of David Timothy

When David Timothy Scoggins was born on 12 October 1882, in Shasta, California, United States, his father, David Timothy Scoggins, Sr., was 34 and his mother, Mary Catharine McComber, was 33. He married Ruth Eleanor Stewart on 2 April 1910, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 4 October 1929, in Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Timothy Scoggins
1882–1929
Ruth Eleanor Stewart
1885–1977
Marriage: 2 April 1910
Leonard Stewart Scoggins
1913–1996
Delmar Thayer Scoggins
1917–1954

Sources (6)

  • David Scoggins in household of Vesta Williams, "United States Census, 1910"
  • David T Scoggins, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
  • Scoggins in entry for Delmar Thayer Scoggins, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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 (Suffolk): unexplained.

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

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