Brief Life History of Walter Edward
When Walter Edward Coy was born on 18 July 1876, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Henry Erwin Coy, was 23 and his mother, Clara Ellen Stanton, was 23. He married Athol Myra Byer on 9 October 1901. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Irondequoit, Monroe, New York, United States for about 50 years. He died on 15 February 1957, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.
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- Edward W Coy, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Walter Edward Coy, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Walter Edward Coy, "Find A Grave Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCoy .
English: nickname for a quiet or shy person, from Old French coi (earlier quei) ‘calm, quiet; shy, coy’ (from Latin quietus).
Americanized form of Dutch Kooij, see Kooi .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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