William Harvey Mcgill

Male2 August 1874–20 August 1936

Brief Life History of William Harvey

When William Harvey Mcgill was born on 2 August 1874, in Huntsburg, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, James W. McGill, was 46 and his mother, Emily Ann Rumsey, was 42. He married Libbie S. Allen on 6 June 1895, in Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Burton, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 20 August 1936, in Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Claridon Center Cemetery, Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Harvey Mcgill
1874–1936
Mary Alice Thompson
1886–1964
Marriage: 14 April 1922
Charles LeRoy McGill
1922–1994

Sources (5)

  • William H Mcgill, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Wm Harvey McGill, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Wm Harvey McGill, "Find A Grave Index"

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  • Marriage
    14 April 1922Geauga, Ohio, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

    Age 3

    Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 22

    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

    Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill ‘son of the stranger (or lowlander)’ (see Gall 1).

    Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (an) G(h)iolla (Irish) or Mac (an) G(h)ille (Scottish) ‘son of the lad’ (i.e. ‘servant’), or a short form of a personal name formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint, in the sense ‘devotee’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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