Brief Life History of Alice E
When Alice E Whitney was born on 11 July 1873, in Algoma Township, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Charles Henry Whitney, was 24 and her mother, Harriet "Hattie" Elliott, was 24. She married Willis L. Church on 16 March 1892, in Kent City, Kent, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Ashland Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States in 1950. She died in 1961, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ashland Center Cemetery, Ashland Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States.
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- Alice E Church, "United States 1950 Census"
- Alice A Whitney, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
- Alice A. Whitney, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1879 · New State Capitol Building Dedicated
After the second state capitol had been destroyed, Michigan Governor Henry P. Baldwin initiated the passing of a bill that would cover the costs for a new building. The bill was adopted and raised over $1 million by a six year state income tax. Architect Elijah E. Myers' design named Tuebor, or I will defend, was selected and he was commissioned to design the new capitol building. The renaissance revival brick and sandstone building soared 267 feet from the ground and was dedicated on January 1, 1879.
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
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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