Brief Life History of Ida Dorcas
When Ida Dorcas Luce was born on 2 July 1872, in California, United States, her father, James Niron Luce, was 36 and her mother, Charlotte Wheeler, was 34. She married Morris Willard Baxter on 31 July 1899, in Alameda, Alameda, California, United States. She lived in Lincoln, Placer, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 2 February 1951, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lincoln, Placer, California, United States.
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- Ida D Baxter in household of Niron Luce, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ida L Just, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Ida D Luce in household of Nixon Luce, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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:
from the Old French and Middle English female personal name Luce, Lucy, from Latin Lucia .
habitational name from Lucé (Orne), transported to England by the Normans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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