Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Hay was born in October 1865, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, Alexander Hay, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Mc Kenzie, was 30. She died on 21 November 1948, in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.
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- Maggie Hay in household of Alexander Hay, "United States Census, 1880"
- Margaret Hay, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Hay in the Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1878 · St. Mary's Episcopal Church is Built
The Episcopal Diocese of Florida organized a mission church in 1878 to provide a location that could serve seasonal guests. Visitors and residents from Green Cove Springs raised over $1000 to build the church. On March 10, 1879, the Church held its first service. This location is notable because it would eventually be added to U.S. National Register of Historic Places (February 17, 1978).
1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated
On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (northern; of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy called La Haie or La Haye (Old French haie ‘hedge, enclosure’, ‘forest for hunting deer and other animals’, a borrowing of the ancient Germanic word haga). Robert de Haia or de la Haye is known to have come from La Haye-du-Puits in Manche; he was the founder of Boxgrove Priory in Sussex (1123), and holder of the Honor of Halnaker (Sussex) and (by marriage) the barony of Kolswein (Lincolnshire). The Norman name was also taken to Ireland, where it has since flourished in the county of Wexford as Hay and Hayes . Elsewhere in Ireland the name usually has a native Irish origin, see below.
English: topographic name from Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (Old English (ge)hæg) or ‘forest fenced off for hunting’ (Old French haie); or else a habitational name from a place so called, such as Hay (in Herefordshire and Westmorland) or Hey in Scammonden (Yorkshire). It was no doubt sometimes synonymous with Hayward .
English: nickname for a tall man, from Middle English heigh, hey, high ‘high, tall’ (Old English hēah).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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