Peter Margis

18 January 1911–23 September 1932 (Age 21)
Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of Peter

When Peter Margis was born on 18 January 1911, in Illinois, United States, his father, Frank Margis, was 32 and his mother, Marcella Zinkute, was 27. He died on 23 September 1932, in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Margis
1879–1959
Marcella Zinkute
1884–1957
Peter Margis
1911–1932
Anna Margis
1913–
Frank E. Margis
1915–1992
John Margis
1917–
Baby Margis
1924–1924
Albert Margis
1927–1959

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World Events (8)

1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Age 2
Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 7
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

English: metronymic from a short form of the personal nameMargery (see Margetts ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Margetts

Sources (4)

  • Peter Margis in household of Frank Margis, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Peter Margis, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Peter Margis, "Illinois, Archdiocese of Chicago, Cemetery Records, 1864-1989"

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