When Con S. Rowe was born on 14 June 1895, in Haviland, Kiowa, Kansas, United States, his father, Curtis Stanmore Rowe, was 36 and his mother, Mary Florence Henderson, was 32. He married Hannah Marian Ostrand in 1927, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1935 and San Jose Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 18 March 1944, in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.
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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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
English: from Middle English rowe (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or habitational, for someone who lived in a place so named. Compare Rawe and Rew .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Rolfe , Ralph , or Rough . Compare Rowson .
East German: habitational name from any of the places called Rowe, Rowa, Rowe(n). Compare Rowen .
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