Brief Life History of Roxie Ada
When Roxie Ada Berry was born in August 1882, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, her father, Doctor Morgan Berry, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Caroline Beasley, was 28. She married James Simpson Coburn on 8 November 1903, in East Florence, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 January 1931, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 48.
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- Roxie Coburn in household of James Coburn, "United States Census, 1930"
- Roxie Ada Coburn, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Roxie Berry in entry for James Harvey Wood, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish and Manx: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Béara ‘descendant of Béara’, a personal name of unexplained etymology; or, in some cases, perhaps an Anglicized form of Irish and Manx Ó Beargha. Compare Barry 1.
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Barrie .
English: habitational name from any of several places called in Devon named with Old English byrig, dative case of burh ‘fortified manor house, stronghold’, such as Berry Pomeroy and Berrynarbor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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