Brief Life History of Olga May
When Olga May Bates was born in May 1872, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Russell Randolph Bates, was 26 and her mother, Martha Melissa Walker, was 23. She married Elijah Harvey Self on 24 March 1889, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Curdsville, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Magisterial District 2 Lower Town, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 3 May 1944, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- O M Self in household of E H Self, "United States Census, 1920"
- Olga May Bates Self, "Find A Grave Index"
- Olga in entry for Harvey Self, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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