Brief Life History of Gorham Pierce
When Gorham Pierce Hosmer was born on 21 March 1873, in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Francis J. Hosmer, was 34 and his mother, Clara Almira Shattuck, was 26. He married Mary Ellen Mockler on 15 November 1911, in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. He lived in Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1920 and Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States in 1930. He died in June 1949, at the age of 76, and was buried in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Geran Hosmer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Gorham P Hosmer, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Graham Pierce Hasmer, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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 (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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