Brief Life History of Margaret Lucretia
When Margaret Lucretia Grigsby was born on 7 September 1870, in Liverpool, Fulton, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Fletcher Grigsby, was 21 and her mother, Didama Shaw, was 24. She married George Marion Merritt on 21 February 1906, in Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 43 Farmington, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1910 and Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States in 1920. She died on 16 December 1936, in Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Margaret Merritt in household of John T Moreland, "United States Census, 1920"
- Margaret L Marnon, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Margaret Lucretia Kripps, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1871
Oldest Memorial - Francis Marion Stow
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from a lost or unidentified place called Gregby, apparently in Lincolnshire. Although it is not certain that the surname in Kent is connected with the early bearers in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, it seems plausible. A habitational name with the Scandinavian generic -by (Old Danish bȳ ‘settlement, village’), while typical of the Danelaw, is an impossible coinage in southeastern England.
English: perhaps a variant of Grebby from a place so called in Scremby (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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