Brief Life History of Mariam Ann
When Mariam Ann Johns was born on 16 May 1873, in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William John, was 27 and her mother, Jane Hatton, was 22. She married Morgan Price Griffiths on 12 December 1891, in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 26 March 1940, at the age of 66, and was buried in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, United States.
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- Miriam A Griffiths in household of Morgan Griffiths, "United States Census, 1930"
- Miriam Ann Griffiths, "Montana, County Births and Deaths, 1840-2004"
- Miriam A Johns, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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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.
1881
Historical Boundaries 1881: Silver Bow, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Silver Bow, Montana, 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 and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .
German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .
Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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