When Edward L. Lyons was born on 21 December 1892, in Kingston, Jamaica, his father, John Emmanuel Lyons, was 37 and his mother, Rosa Belle Myers, was 32. He married Anna Isobel McKay on 1 June 1926, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States in 1912. He died in 1948, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the age of 56, and was buried in Rideau Ferry, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.
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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.
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City of Kingston destroyed by earthquake.
English: variant of Lyon 3.
Irish: adopted for Ó Laighin (see Lyne , Lane , Lyon ) or Ó Liatháin (see Lehane ).
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