Florence Woodruff Hatch

FemaleNovember 1872–1959

Brief Life History of Florence Woodruff

Florence Woodruff Hatch was born in November 1872, in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States as the daughter of Woodruff and Helen Stafford. She lived in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1900 and New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1915. She died in 1959, in Friendship, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Friendship, Friendship, Allegany, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Woodruff
–before 1877
Helen Stafford
1852–1918
Florence Woodruff Hatch
1872–1959

Sources (12)

  • Florence Hatch in household of Edwin Hatch, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Florence Woodruff Hatch Adopted - Individual or family possessions: birth: August 1881; New York, United States
  • Florence W Hatch, "New York State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

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 Hatch (Bedfordshire, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire), Hacche in South Molton (Devon), or else a topographic name from residence near a hatch, a gate leading to a forest or sometimes a sluice-gate, from Middle English hacche ‘gate’ (Old English hæcce, Kentish Old English hec(c)). This name has been in Ireland since the 17th century, associated with County Meath and the nearby part of Louth.

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

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