Brief Life History of Elsie Grace
When Elsie Grace Snider was born on 21 December 1894, in Marlette, Sanilac, Michigan, United States, her father, Samuel Andrew Snider, was 26 and her mother, Elvaretta Jane Near, was 21. She married George William Dufort on 9 November 1910, in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oliver Township, Huron, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Akron, Tuscola, Michigan, United States in 1910. She died on 17 October 1918, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Akron, Tuscola, Michigan, United States.
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- Elsie G Snider in household of Samuel Snider, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elsie G. Snider, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Elsie G Snider Dufort, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
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
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavicized (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) form Šnajder (Czech mostly Šnajdr). The Slovenian and Croatian surname is in most cases derived from the dialect loanword šnajder ‘tailor’. Compare Sneider 1 and Snyder 1.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Snieder or Snijder ‘tailor’ (see Snyder 2).
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Žnider: variant of Žnidar, from žnidar ‘tailor’, an archaic word of German origin (see Schneider , compare 1 above and Znidarsic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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