Brief Life History of Lieffie Jane
When Lieffie Jane Day was born on 27 March 1881, in Bethel, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, her father, Frank Edward Day, was 25 and her mother, Mary Isabelle Davis, was 24. She married John Franklin Mitchell on 21 December 1900, in Anoka, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910 and Anoka, Anoka, Minnesota, United States for about 20 years. She died on 30 September 1957, in Columbia Heights, Anoka, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Leaf Cemetery, East Bethel, Anoka, Minnesota, United States.
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- Leffie Mitchell, "United States Census, 1910"
- Leeffie Day, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Lieffie Mitchell, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898
Historical Boundaries: 1898: Anoka, Minnesota, United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English day(e), dey(e) ‘dairyman or dairymaid’. Originally used only of women, it was later used of men with the sense ‘man in charge of the dairy cattle’. This is probably the most common source of the surname.
English: from the Middle English personal name Day(e) or Dey. In western England this is probably a pet form of David , but in northern England and perhaps elsewhere also it is a late Middle English variant of Daw, a pet form of Ralph (see Daw , Dakin ).
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O'Dea ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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