Brief Life History of William U
When William U Noble was born in March 1868, in Ohio, United States, his father, John Noble, was 37 and his mother, Phebe Adams, was 40. He married Sarah May Stephenson on 29 November 1893, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Brecksville, Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1960. He died on 15 September 1960, in Brecksville, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Richfield, Summit, Ohio, United States.
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- William Noble, "United States Census, 1900"
- William U. Noble, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- William U. Noble, "BillionGraves Index"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
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
English, Scottish, and French: status name or nickname from Middle English, Old French noble ‘high-born, distinguished, illustrious’ (from Latin nobilis), denoting someone of lofty birth or character, or someone who poses as a nobleman, or perhaps also ironically someone of low station. The surname has been established in Ireland since the 13th century, but was re-introduced in the 17th century and is now found mainly in Ulster. Compare French Lenoble .
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Knöbel, Knobel , and Nobel .
Spanish: nickname from noble ‘noble’ or ‘courteous, kind’ (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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