Brief Life History of Garret
When Garret Long was born on 26 July 1865, in Medina, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Reuben Long, was 32 and his mother, Ellen Vanorsdall, was 32. He had at least 1 daughter with Esther Knox. He lived in Sharon Township, Medina, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Mill Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years. He died on 10 February 1943, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lebanon, Smith, Kansas, United States.
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- Gare Long, "United States Census, 1910"
- Garett R Long, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Garit Lang in household of J R Lang, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Smith, Kansas, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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