Brief Life History of Georgia I
When Georgia I Watkins was born on 12 August 1893, in Preston, West Virginia, United States, her father, James W. Watkins, was 37 and her mother, Nancy L "Nannie" Hardesty, was 23. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with William Lowe Miller. She lived in Kingwood, Preston, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Tunnelton, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1930.
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- Jarryie Watkins in household of James W Watkins, "United States Census, 1910"
- Georgia I Watkins, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968
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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.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Watkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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