When Myrtle Jane Cordray was born on 2 February 1874, in Grant District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Milton Cordray, was 30 and her mother, Elva Ann Cole, was 27. She married Homer Robey on 3 March 1897, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Mannington District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 31 August 1958, in Blacksville, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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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.
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.
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 (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French coer de roi ‘(having the) heart of a king’. This surname is now extinct in Britain.
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