Brief Life History of Robert
When Robert McCoy was born on 9 February 1908, in Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States, his father, Grundy McCoy, was 39 and his mother, Nancy Livina Marshall, was 38. He married Mary Louise Reno on 17 November 1934, in Steuben, Indiana, United States. He lived in Briensburg, Marshall, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1934. He died on 10 November 1966, in St. Clair, Michigan, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Cottrellville Township, St. Clair, Michigan, United States.
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- Robert Mccoy in household of Grundy Mccoy, "United States Census, 1910"
- Robert Mccoy, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Robert Mccoy, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1909 · The Ford Building
The Ford Building was one of the first high-rises to use a steel structural support system. It stands at 23 stories in total height and it held the title as tallest building in Detroit from 1908 until 1913.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aoidh ‘son of Aodh’, an old personal name meaning ‘fire’, originally the name of a pagan god. Thus it has the same origin as McGee , McKay , and McKee . It has sometimes been Anglicized as Hughes .
History: The McCoy clan of KY, led by Randolph McCoy, was involved in one of the bitterest mountain feuds, with the Hatfield clan of WV, from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. The expression ‘the real McCoy’ probably originated with an American boxer, Norman Selby (1873–1940), who adopted the name “Kid McCoy” to distinguish himself from another fighter of the same name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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