Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Orgill was born on 16 December 1864, in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Orgill, was 26 and her mother, Phoebe Croxall, was 27. She died on 29 July 1865, at the age of 0.
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- Mary Orgill, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1865 · The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was created to help abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. It was the first of three Amendments to Reconstruct the country following the Civil War.
Name Meaning
English (Midlands): nickname from Middle English, Old French orgueil ‘pride’ (compare Pride ) or sometimes perhaps a post-medieval shortening of Orgiles, from the adjective orguilus ‘proud’. The French word may have been reinforced by the synonymous Middle English orgel (Old English orgol, orgel).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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