Brief Life History of Coles A
When Coles A Lugar was born in 1875, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, Hiram B Lugar, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Celia Hicks, was 25. He married Florence E Mershon on 23 June 1897. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States in 1910. He died on 26 May 1962, in Sea Cliff, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States, at the age of 87.
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Sources (7)
- Coles A Luljar, "United States Census, 1910"
- Coles A Lugar, "New York, State Health Department, Genealogical Research Death Index, 1957-1963"
- Coles G Lugar, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Leugar, Levegar, Old English Lēofgār, composed of the elements lēof ‘dear’ + gār ‘spear’.
Croatian: occupational name for a forester or a topographic name for someone who lived by a grove, derived from lug ‘(small) wood, grove’.
Gallician and Spanish: habitational name from any of several places in Galicia (Spain) called Lugar, from lugar ‘place, village’, or a topographic name from this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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