Brief Life History of Maud Mae
When Maud Mae Oldham was born on 30 September 1878, in Fort Washakie, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, her father, Charles Hancock Oldham, was 34 and her mother, Jennie E. Black, was 21. She married Joseph Peterson on 25 November 1896, in Fremont, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Election District 2, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 1 May 1932, at the age of 53, and was buried in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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- Maud Peterson in household of Joseph Peterson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Maud May Oldham, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
- Maude May Oldham Petersen, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1884
Historical Boundaries 1884: Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Fremont, Wyoming, United States
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 (Lancashire and Cheshire): habitational name from Oldham in Lancashire. The placename derives from Old English ald ‘old’ + Old Norse holmr ‘island, water meadow’.
History: Colonist and trader John Oldham was born in Lancashire, England, c. 1600 and emigrated to North America in 1623, arriving at Plymouth, MA, in July on the ship Anne.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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