Brief Life History of Mary Lavinia
When Mary Lavinia Hoffman was born on 19 October 1869, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Frederick L Hoffman, was 39 and her mother, Susan "Fannie" Lavinia Lineberger, was 35. She had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with William Arthur Carroll. She lived in York Township, York, South Carolina, United States in 1940 and Ebenezer, York, South Carolina, United States in 1950. She died on 17 June 1957, in York, York, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in York, York, South Carolina, United States.
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- Mary Carroll, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary Hoffman Carroll, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Mary Lavenia Hoffman Carroll in entry for Mrs Mamie "Isabell" Raines, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
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1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
1877 · Last Troops Leave
In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.
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
Americanized form of German Hoffmann or Hofmann and a variant of the Jewish name. Compare Hofman 2.
Dutch: variant of Hofman 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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