Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Cruse was born on 10 February 1869, in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States, her father, John W Cruse, was 29 and her mother, Anna Josephine Jarboe, was 22. She married William Bordman Donaghy on 8 October 1903, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in O'Fallon Township, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 11 October 1948, in Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Elisabeth Cruse in household of John W. Cruse, "United States Census, 1880"
- Eliz Cruse, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Elizabeth Cruse Donaghy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1872 · The Modoc War
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name probably from an unidentified place in Normandy named with Old French crues, crus, creus ‘hollow’. Creuse (in Somme, Picardy) and Cruys-Straëte (formerly in Flanders, now in the French département of Nord), which have the same etymology, are alternative possibilities but seem less likely on geographical and tenurial grounds.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English crus(e) ‘bold, fierce’, although the regular development would be to Crowse (rhyming with house).
North German: variant of Krause .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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