Brief Life History of Audrey A.
When Audrey A. Wirick was born on 18 December 1891, in Richland, Ohio, United States, her father, John M. Wirick, was 23 and her mother, Actius Dorsey, was 28. She married Hurley Prichard Escover on 8 August 1916, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. She lived in Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Wayne Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 April 1977, at the age of 85, and was buried in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.
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- Audrey Moore, "United States Census, 1950"
- Audrey A. Wirick, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Audrey A Wirick, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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.
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.
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Probably an altered form of North German Wirich or Wierich (see Weirich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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