Brief Life History of Lavina
When Lavina Grooms was born on 5 March 1893, in Flint, Genesee, Michigan, United States, her father, Hiram Nelson Grooms, was 43 and her mother, Elmira Burton, was 35. She married Louis Valentine Gale on 4 May 1914, in Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Otisville, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1900.
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- Lavina B Groomes in household of Nelson Groomes, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lavina Grooms, "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917"
- Lavina Groomes, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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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.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Groom , with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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