Brief Life History of Emily Margaret
When Emily Margaret Heard was born on 30 September 1880, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, her father, Oscar Edwin Heard Sr, was 24 and her mother, Mary Jeanette Peters, was 22. She married Archibald Tarbox Youngs in 1900. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 26 August 1939, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.
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- Emilyn Young in household of Arch T Young, "United States Census, 1930"
- Emily Youngs, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Emily Youngs, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English herd(e), hird(e), hord(e), Older Scots herd, hird ‘herdsman’, i.e. one who looked after cattle, sheep, or goats (Old English heorde, hierde). Compare Hardman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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