Brief Life History of Mary Susannah
When Mary Susannah Washburn was born on 14 September 1891, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel Moses Washburn, was 35 and her mother, Harriet Elizabeth Bergan, was 25. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Henry Crawford Millar. She lived in Burr Oak Township, Beadle, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and Pateros, Okanogan, Washington, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 December 1976, in Okanogan, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Pateros Cemetery, Pateros, Okanogan, Washington, United States.
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- Mary Miller in household of Henry Miller, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary Washburn, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Mary S Miller, "Washington Death Index, 1965-2014"
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World Events (8)
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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Great and Little Washbourne (Gloucestershire), or Washbourne in Halwell (Devon). The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English wæsse (genitive wæssan) ‘wet place, swamp, marsh’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. The Devon placename derives from Old English wæsce ‘place for washing’ + burna.
History: John Washburn came to MA in 1626 and settled in Duxbury, MA, in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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