Ruby Augusta Hughes

Brief Life History of Ruby Augusta

When Ruby Augusta Hughes was born on 25 August 1890, her father, John M Hughes, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Johnson, was 24. She married Perry Edwin McNair on 10 July 1910, in Decatur, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Decatur, Georgia, United States in 1910 and Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida, United States for about 20 years. She died on 21 February 1977, in Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Dunedin, Pinellas, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Perry Edwin McNair
1887–1919
Ruby Augusta Hughes
1890–1977
Marriage: 10 July 1910
Mona Luella McNair
1911–2000
Carlton Otha McNair
1915–1990

Sources (9)

  • Ruby A McWhorter, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ruby Augusta Mcwhorter, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"
  • Gussie Hughes in entry for Henry W McWhorter, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

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.

1912

Historical Boundaries: 1912: Pinellas, Florida, United States

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.

Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .

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

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