Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Fessenden was born on 18 March 1891, in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Albert F. Fessenden, was 33 and her mother, Alena Julia Gaylord, was 31. She married John Patrick Grue on 4 December 1917, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years and Sharon, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 June 1976, in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Eleanor F Grue in household of John P Grue, "United States Census, 1930"
- Eleanor Fessenden, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Eleanor Fessenden, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): probably from a lost or unidentifiedplace in Kent, named with an unexplained first element + Old Englishdenu ‘valley’. The variant Fishenden is also found.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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