Brief Life History of Ernest Marvin
When Ernest Marvin Roof was born on 16 September 1894, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Wade Thomas Roof, was 32 and his mother, Barbara Lucinda Sox, was 24. He had at least 2 daughters with Ada Ethel Hite. He lived in South Congaree, Lexington, South Carolina, United States in 1950 and West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina, United States in 1955. He died on 2 January 1988, at the age of 93, and was buried in West Columbia, Lexington, South Carolina, United States.
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- Ernest M Roof, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ernest Roof - birth-name: Ernest Roof
- Ernest Marvin Roof, "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.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Rolfe .
English: variant of Ruff .
German: from Ruffo, a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘fame, renown’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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