When Stephen French Joy was born on 24 September 1871, in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Noah Terrill Joy, was 48 and his mother, Christiana Jones Pratt, was 43. He married Grace Willard Edmands on 3 January 1895, in Marshfield, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. He died on 4 April 1950, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in North Weymouth Cemetery, Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Pope Manufacturing Company produced bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles. The main office is located in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1915, the company ceased producing motorcycles.
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.
English: from Joie, a French female personal name or occasionally from its male equivalent, given especially since the Reformation as an omen or well-wishing name. In some cases the name may also be a nickname for a person of a cheerful disposition, from Middle English joie ‘joy’.
History: Thomas Joy (c. 1610–78), an architect and builder born probably in Hingham, Norfolk, England, appears in land records in Boston, MA, in 1636. He had a considerable influence on Boston architecture.
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