Brief Life History of Julia
When Julia Davidson was born on 2 April 1863, in Crawford, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, her father, Jasper Newton Davidson, was 29 and her mother, Lavanda Jane Huff, was 18. She married James M Waugh on 11 December 1889, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. She lived in Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 20 December 1933, in Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Julia D Waugh, "United States Census, 1920"
- Julia Amy Waugh, "Find A Grave Index"
- Julia Amy Davidson in entry for James Milo Waugh, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name David + -son. As a Jewish name, the last element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.
Irish (Down) and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see McDevitt .
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Davidsson: patronymic from the personal name David .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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