Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Winters was born on 5 July 1879, in California, United States, her father, John Devers Winters, was 49 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Harmon, was 37. She married Forrest Legrand Dutcher on 7 August 1913, in San Francisco, California, United States. She lived in San Francisco, California, United States for about 20 years and Tracy, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1950. She died on 11 August 1962, in Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in College City, Colusa, California, United States.
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- Mary E Dutcher, "United States Census, 1950"
- Mary Elizabeth Winters, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Mary E Dutcher, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Dutch and German: patronymic from Winter .
English: variant of Winter , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Mac Giolla Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. Compare Winter 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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