Colby

Female4 November 1869–

Brief Life History of Colby

When Colby was born on 4 November 1869, in Allegan, Allegan, Michigan, United States, her father, George Lewis Colby, was 26 and her mother, Emily M. Griffin, was 27.

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Family Time Line

George Lewis Colby
1843–1912
Emily M. Griffin
1842–1929
Colby
1869–

Sources (3)

  • Colby, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
  • Colby, "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902"
  • Colby, "Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

    Female1869– Female

World Events (3)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 1

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 1

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1879 · New State Capitol Building Dedicated

Age 10

After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.

Name Meaning

English (eastern): habitational name from Colby in Norfolk and Westmorland, Coleby in Lincolnshire, or Coulby Newham in the North Yorkshire. The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person, from kol ‘(char)coal’) + Old Norse býr ‘settlement’.

Americanized form of Norwegian Kolby .

Americanized form of German Kolbe . Compare Kolby .

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

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