Brief Life History of Ethel Minerva
When Ethel Minerva File was born on 18 December 1892, in Bond, Illinois, United States, her father, Albertus Monroe File, was 32 and her mother, Hester Ann Rebecca Gillespie, was 34. She married Carl C Wright on 30 August 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Lagrange Township, Bond, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Greenville, Bond, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 5 February 1982, in Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Montrose Cemetery, Bond, Illinois, United States.
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- Ethel File in household of Albert M File, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ethel Minerva File Wright, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ethel File in entry for Ruth Adaire Wright, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
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.
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
Americanized form of German Feil or Pfeil .
Hungarian: from a variant of Füle, a pet form of the personal name Fülöp, Hungarian form of Philip .
English (Kent): variant of Fill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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