Brief Life History of Mary Catherine Crusen
When Mary Catherine Crusen Fairchild was born on 17 October 1865, in Dunbar, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Alexander Fairchild, was 41 and her mother, Catherine Crusen Logan, was 41. She lived in Highland, San Bernardino, California, United States for about 20 years and Highland Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1940. She died on 24 April 1946, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Mary Fairchild, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Fairchild, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Early Fairchilds in America and Their Descendants
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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