Mary Arnold

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Arnold was born on 2 March 1869, in Island, Washington, United States, her father, Alanson Warner Arnold, was 38 and her mother, Phoebe Abbott Carleton, was 26. She married Anthony William Monroe on 6 February 1897, in Island, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in San de Fuca, Island, Washington, United States for about 20 years and San De Fuca Election Precinct, Island, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1957, in Island, Washington, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Coupeville, Island, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anthony William Monroe
1865–1949
Mary Arnold
1869–1957
Marriage: 6 February 1897
Ava Claire Monroe
1898–1973
Lillian Amy Monroe
1899–1989
Doris Irene Monroe
1905–1964

Sources (20)

  • Mary H Munroe in household of Anthony W Munroe, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Arnold, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Mary A Arnold Monroe, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1890

Historical Boundaries 1890: Island, Washington, United States

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, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.

English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .

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

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