Brief Life History of Margaret Catharine
Margaret Catharine Meade was born on 12 October 1895, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States as the daughter of William E. Meade and Mary McCabe. She married Thomas Albert Elmes on 28 June 1922, in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 9 December 1967, at the age of 72, and was buried in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Catherine Elmes in household of Thomas Elmes, "United States Census, 1940"
- Margaret Catharine Meade, "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905"
- Margaret Catherine Mead Elmes, "Find A Grave 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.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: habitational name from Midheach, the Gaelic name of County Meath in Ireland. Its Anglicized forms are now indistinguishable from those of the English name Mead .
English: variant of Mead .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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