Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Terry was born on 14 August 1899, in Girard, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Casper Terry, was 34 and her mother, Nellie Bryant Carter, was 25. She married Francis Guy White on 9 October 1923. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in University Township, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1930 and Nilwood Township, Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 7 August 1972, in Girard, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Mary A White in household of Francis G White, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Ann Terry, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Mary A Terry in entry for Francis F White, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: from the Norman personal name T(h)erry (Old French Thierri), a short form of Theodoric, which is composed of the ancient Germanic elements theud ‘people, race’ + rīc ‘power(ful), rich’. Theodoric was the name of the Ostrogothic leader (c. 454–526) who invaded Italy in 488 and established his capital at Ravenna in 493. His name was sometimes taken as a derivative of Greek Theodōros (see Theodore ). An Anglo-Norman family of this name has been in County Cork, Ireland, since the 13th century.
Irish: sometimes an Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Mac Toirdhealbhaigh (see Turley ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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