Brief Life History of Seely Jacob
When Seely Jacob Drew was born on 1 September 1900, in Chester, Warren, New York, United States, his father, Frank W. Drew, was 31 and his mother, Rosetta "Etta" Babcock, was 32. He married Laura Retha on 29 May 1926, in Orange, New York, United States. He lived in Warwick, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States in 1940 and Warwick, Orange, New York, United States in 1972. He died on 16 July 1982, in Goshen, Orange, New York, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States.
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- Seelig J Drew, "United States Census, 1940"
- Seely Drew, "New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942"
- Seely Jacob Drew, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from a Norman French personal name Dreus based on ancient Germanic Drogo, the name of one of the sons of Charlemagne (compare Gothic driugan ‘to serve as a soldier’). In Old French this name became Dreus, Drues (nominative) and Dru, Driu, Dreu (accusative) and was introduced to England by the Normans. For further information about this name, see also Montague .
English: from the personal name Drew, a pet form of Andrew which was confused with the same name of Old French origin (see 1 above).
Irish: when not an adoption of the English surname, a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Druaidh or Ó Druaidh or Ó Draoi ‘son’ and ‘descendant of the druid’, from draoi ‘druid’, genitive druadh or draoi. All of these were often Anglicized as Drury .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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