Brief Life History of Nettie Leota
When Nettie Leota Johnston was born on 29 March 1895, in Holly Springs, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, her father, Samuel Sylvester Johnston, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Arbell Metcalf, was 20. She married William Leander Cox on 23 March 1915, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Willow Township, Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 29 May 1956, in Holly Springs, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Holly Springs, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.
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- Nettie Leota Cox in household of Estella Cox, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nettie L Johnston, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Leota J. Johnston Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as Saint John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
English: habitational name from Johnson Hall (Staffordshire), recorded as Johannestonc. 1233 and Joneston in 1314. The placename means ‘John's settlement’, from the genitive case of the Middle English personal name Johan, Jon (see John ) + Middle English ton ‘town, village, settlement’.
History: As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.
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