When Lillie Gwynne was born on 9 September 1876, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, her father, Holland Gwynne, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Isabella Coffman, was 24. She married James S Thomas on 5 November 1894, in Tualatin, Washington, Oregon, United States. She lived in Ward, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1900 and Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1920. She died on 15 October 1927, in United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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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.
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Welsh (southern): variant of Gwin .
Irish: possibly shortened and altered from Mac Coinn, see McGuinn , a variant of McQuinn . However, it is far more likely to be the Welsh name (see 1 above), established in Ireland since the 16th century.
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