Brief Life History of Margery Olive
When Margery Olive Goodhue was born in March 1893, in Los Angeles, California, United States, her father, Jonathan George Goodhue Jr, was 41 and her mother, Nettie Josephine Metcalf, was 33. She lived in Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1930 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died in 1976, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Margery O Goodhew, "United States Census, 1940"
- Margery O Goodhew, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Margery Goodhew, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
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
English (Kent): nickname for a trusted servant, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + hewe ‘servant’ (a derivative of Old English hīwan ‘retinue, household’).
English (Kent): alternatively, from an Old Norse personal name Guthhugi, from guth ‘god, God’ + hugi, hugr ‘mind, memory’. This surname (in any of the two possible senses; see also 2 above) is very rare in Britain.
Americanized form of French Canadian Goddu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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