Brief Life History of Kate
When Kate Files was born on 1 June 1872, in Files Valley, Hill, Texas, United States, her father, Adam Henry Files, was 42 and her mother, Katharine Lorenne Byers, was 38. She married James Willis McDuff on 3 September 1893, in Grandview, Johnson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Texas, United States in 1935 and Brea Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1940. She died on 8 September 1948, in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- Kate Mcduff, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Kate Files - birth: 1 June 1872; Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
- Katie Fiels, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1879
Historical Boundaries 1846: Robertson, Texas, United States 1848: Navarro, Texas, United States 1853: Hill, Texas, United States
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: variant of Fildes .
English: variant of Fill , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Croatian (Fileš): from the personal name Fileš, of Hungarian origin (see 4 below), or a nickname for someone with prominent ears, from Hungarian füles ‘having ears’ (compare 4 below).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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