When Emma Ray Riggs was born on 23 June 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Obadiah Higbee Riggs, was 33 and her mother, Emma Louisa Robbins, was 27. She married David Oman McKay on 2 January 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1924 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years. She died on 14 November 1970, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
English (Dorset):
variant of Ricks with voicing of /ks/ to /gs/.
variant of Rigg , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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