Brief Life History of Lillian
When Lillian Walters Robey Graham was born about 1894, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Phillip Walters, was 44 and her mother, Ann Gilchrist Keddie Walters, was 37. She married Russell Penn Robey in 1914, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Magisterial District 6, Clark, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 November 1984, in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 91.
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- Lillian Robey, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lillian Graham, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Lillian Walters in entry for Eugene Gilbert Roby and Mary Norwood Bean, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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