Brief Life History of Emma Dorothy
When Emma Dorothy Thorn was born on 22 September 1894, in Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Breckenridge Thorn, was 33 and her mother, Myrtle Belle "Mary" Watkins, was 30. She married John Ralph Smith Sr. on 6 August 1916, in Harrison, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Clark District, Harrison, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 15 September 1971, in West Union, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Emma D Smith in household of John R Smith, "United States Census, 1930"
- Emma Dora Thorn, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Emma D Smith, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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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.
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
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Name Meaning
English and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse thorn, Middle English thorn(e), torn(e)). The name is also found in Sweden.
English: habitational name from a place called with Old English, Old Norse thorn ‘thorn bush’ (see 1 above), for example Thorne in Kent, Somerset, and South Yorkshire.
North German and Danish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, from Middle Low German torn ‘tower’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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