Brief Life History of Hannah Margaret
When Hannah Margaret Griggs was born on 1 April 1881, in Darlington, Cheraws District, South Carolina, United States, her father, Wiley Chapman Griggs, was 51 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth O'Neal, was 46. She married George Madison Byrd on 25 December 1892, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Antioch, Darlington, South Carolina, United States for about 10 years and United States in 1931. She died on 16 August 1931, in Florence, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery, Antioch, Darlington, South Carolina, United States.
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- Annah Byrd in household of George Byrd, "United States Census, 1900"
- Anna Byrd, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- Anna Griggs Byrd in entry for Mrs Carrie B Tolson, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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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.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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 (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Grig, a pet form of Gregory (compare Gregg ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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