Brief Life History of Mayme Angela
When Mayme Angela Buss was born on 17 September 1895, in West Mchenry, McHenry, Illinois, United States, her father, Bernard Johann Buss, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Anna Wirfs, was 28. She lived in McHenry, McHenry, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. She died on 22 April 1990, at the age of 94, and was buried in McHenry, McHenry, Illinois, United States.
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- Maime Buss in household of Elisabeth Buss, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mayme Angela Buss, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Mayme A Buss, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex and Kent), of Norman origin: variant of Boyce alias Bush .
English: alternatively from Middle English, Old French busse ‘cask, barrel’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a cooper or a nickname for a large, rotund man.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bushard (see Bosshart ). This surname is also found in Poland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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