Brief Life History of Bessie
When Bessie Wright was born on 12 November 1890, in Washington Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States, her father, Charles Francis Wright, was 42 and her mother, Emily J. Mc Morris, was 39. She lived in Coshocton, Ohio, United States in 1890.
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- Bessie Wright, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Bertie Elizabeth Wright, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Bessie Wright, "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962"
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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.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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