Brief Life History of Nora Rachel
When Nora Rachel Decker was born on 16 September 1890, in Lebanon Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson Decker, was 34 and her mother, Maria Ann Thomas, was 30. She married Edward Marion Kennedy on 11 January 1908, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Saint Clair Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1930. She died on 30 April 1957, in Meigs, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Longs Run Cemetery, Calcutta, Columbiana, Ohio, United States.
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- Nora Kennedy in household of Edward Kennedy, "United States Census, 1920"
- Nora Rachel Decker, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Nora Decker Kennedy, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
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.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
Dutch: variant of Dekker , cognate with 1 above. Compare De Decker .
English (London): variant of Dicker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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