Mary E "Mollie" GREENLEE

September 1872–25 August 1946 (Age 74)
Louisiana, United States

The Life of Mary E "Mollie"

When Mary E "Mollie" GREENLEE was born in September 1872, in Louisiana, United States, her father, Willis Fredrick GREENLEE, was 19 and her mother, Louise Wagley, was 16. She married Mike "Meoike" KURKOWSKI on 24 May 1906, in Big Stone City, Grant, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Bowman, North Dakota, United States in 1910. She died on 25 August 1946, in Robeline, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Mike "Meoike" KURKOWSKI
1852–1929
Mary E "Mollie" GREENLEE
1872–1946
Marriage: 24 May 1906
Truley Rona Kerkowski
1909–2002
Maye Octavia Kurowski
1913–1990

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
24 May 1906
Big Stone City, Grant, South Dakota, United States
children

(2)

Parents and Siblings

    Willis Fredrick GREENLEE

    Male1853–1923Male

    Louise Wagley

    Female1855–1925Female

siblings

(10)

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

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

Age 3

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

Age 24

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: habitational name from any of various minor places, for example in Staffordshire, so named from Old English grēne ‘green’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Mollie Kurkowski in household of Leroy Woodle, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Molly Kurkoski in household of Mike Kurkoski, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary E Greenlee in household of Frederick Greenlee, "United States Census, 1900"

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