Brief Life History of Eunice
When Eunice Straw was born in August 1890, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Harrison Straw, was 29 and her mother, Emeline J Read, was 25. She married George E Swan on 4 March 1920. She lived in Ferguson Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Goshen Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 26 May 1920, in Spring Lake Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 29.
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- Eunice Straw in household of Harrison Straw, "United States Census, 1900"
- Eunice Straw Swan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eunice Straw in household of Harrison Straw, "United States Census, 1910"
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1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English strau(we) ‘straw’ (Old English strēaw), used for a dealer in straw, an exceptionally thin man, or someone with straw-colored hair. Jack Straw is known as a type in literary works of the 14th century (Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Stroh .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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