When Margie May Mitchell was born on 9 January 1896, in Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States, her father, Edwin Lee Mitchell, was 23 and her mother, Dora M Hobby, was 19. She married Floyd A. Demmon on 16 January 1915, in Hart, Oceana, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Elbridge Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Golden Township, Oceana, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 15 March 1993, in Hart, Oceana, Michigan, United States, at the age of 97.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
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