Brief Life History of Lucy Avery
When Lucy Avery Hood was born on 1 May 1893, in Colorado, United States, her father, Hosea Marion Hood, was 38 and her mother, Harriet Louise Fuller, was 33. She married Dr William Chris Finnoff Sr. on 2 May 1914, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 6, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States in 1900. She died on 25 January 1918, in Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States, at the age of 24.
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- Lucy Hood in household of Azea M Hood, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lucy Avery Hood - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Lucy Avery Hood
- Lucy Avery Hood, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
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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.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English hod, hood, hodde ‘hood’, either for someone who wore a hood (like the medieval folk hero Robin Hood) or who made and sold hoods. In Kent and Sussex the name may sometimes have been confused with Hoad .
English: from the Middle English personal name Hod(e), a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-; see Ott and Oates and compare Hodson 2.
English and Scottish: variant of Hudd, from the Middle English personal name Hudde, Hutte, which could represent Old English Hud(d)a or its ancient Germanic equivalent Hud(d)o, but is more likely from Anglo-Norman French Hud(de), a pet form of Hugh.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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