Marjorie Belle Andrews

Brief Life History of Marjorie Belle

When Marjorie Belle Andrews was born on 1 August 1895, in Pleasant Plain, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, her father, Clark Sumner Andrews, was 33 and her mother, Mary Belle Dewey, was 26. She married Donald Manley Spencer on 1 October 1919, in Barre City, Washington, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ellenburg, Ellenburg, Clinton, New York, United States in 1930 and Ellenburg, Clinton, New York, United States in 1940. She died on 3 February 1974, in Schenectady, Schenectady, New York, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sheldon Hill Cemetery, Ellenburg Depot, Clinton, New York, United States.

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Donald Manley Spencer
1896–1975
Marjorie Belle Andrews
1895–1974
Marriage: 1 October 1919
Ruth Marjorie Spencer
1924–1999

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  • Margrie L Spenser in household of Donald M Spenser, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Marjorie Belle Andrews, "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
  • Marjorie L Andrews, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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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.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

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: variant of Andrew , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Andrzejewski , Slovenian Andrejčič, Serbian and Croatian Andrić (see Andric ), and Czech Ondráček (see Ondracek ).

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Aindreis or Irish Mac Aindriú, see McAndrew .

History: This was a common name among the early settlers in New England. Robert Andrews emigrated in 1635 from Norwich, England, to Ipswich, MA. Even before 1635, one Thomas Andrews is recorded as being established in Hingham. A certain William Andrews was a member of John Davenport's company, which sailed from Boston in 1638 to found the New Haven colony.

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

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