Brief Life History of Peter Lowell
When Peter Lowell Hoyt was born on 4 July 1872, in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook, Maine, United States, his father, Hiram Hoyt, was 40 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Lowell, was 35. He married Mattie C. Donaldson on 25 April 1895, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1940 and Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1940. He died on 1 January 1961, in Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Cotton Cemetery, Richmond, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States.
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- Peter L Hoyt, "United States Census, 1930"
- Peter L Hoyt, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Peter L Hoyt, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English hoit ‘long stick’.
Altered form of Haught , a surname of German origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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