Brief Life History of Joseph Ross
When Joseph Ross Fitzsimmons was born on 8 July 1879, in Pleasant Valley, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, his father, Abraham Miller Fitzsimmons, was 43 and his mother, Frances La Rouque Sortore, was 37. He married Lois A. Boies on 27 May 1922, in Idaho, United States. He lived in Springdale, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Burley Election Precinct 1, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 8 May 1942, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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- Joe R Fitzsimmons, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joe Ross Fitzsimmons, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Joe R Fitzsimmons, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
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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.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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
Irish and English: variant of Fitzsimon, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (see Fitz ) + either of the personal names Simon or Sigmund (see Simon ), ‘son of Simon or Sigmund’. The name is also found in the Gaelicized form Mac Síomóin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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