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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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"
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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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