Brief Life History of Minnie
When Minnie Trueworthy was born in April 1862, in Sherman Mills, Sherman, Aroostook, Maine, United States, her father, Amaziah Hinkley Trueworthy, was 16 and her mother, Lois Scudder, was 21. She lived in Sherman, Aroostook, Maine, United States in 1870 and Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States in 1880.
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Sources (4)
- Minnie B Truworthy in household of Mariner Shaw, "United States Census, 1870"
- Minnie Daniels in entry for Winfred E Clark and Josie L Higgins, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Minnie Daniels in household of Amasiah Teworgy, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864
Historical Boundaries: 1864: Aroostook, Maine, United States
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
Pet form of Wilhelmina , at its peak of popularity in the latter half of the 19th century, when several names were introduced into Britain from Germany in the wake of Queen Victoria's consort, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , whom she married in 1840 . It lost favour in the 20th century, partly because German names in general became unacceptable in Britain during the First World War, and later perhaps also because of association with cartoon characters such as Minnie Mouse (in Walt Disney's animations) and Minnie the Minx (in the Beano children's comic). More recently, however, it has made a modest recovery, influenced perhaps by the British actress Minnie Driver ( b. 1970 as Amelia Driver ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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