Brief Life History of Nita
When Nita Staley was born on 9 February 1890, in Schoharie, New York, United States, her father, Leslie Staley, was 31 and her mother, Ann Eliza Dockstader, was 23. She lived in Carlisle, Schoharie, New York, United States in 1910. She died on 14 November 1917, at the age of 27.
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- Nita M Staley in household of Leslie Staley, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (7)
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: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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