Brief Life History of Sadie Gladys
When Sadie Gladys Bright was born on 25 August 1893, in Kasson Township, Leelanau, Michigan, United States, her father, William Martin Bright, was 33 and her mother, Emma Jane Borough, was 26. She died on 10 March 1911, in Kasson Township, Leelanau, Michigan, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in East Kasson Cemetery, Maple City, Leelanau, Michigan, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Sadie Bright in household of William Bright, "Michigan State Census, 1894"
- Sadie Gladys Bright, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Sadie Gladys Bright, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright, good-looking, fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright, shining’).
English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht, Beorht, from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert .
Americanized form of German Brecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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