Brief Life History of Pearl L
When Pearl L Ashley was born on 2 April 1878, in Wareham, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Charles Warren Ashley, was 45 and her mother, Mary J Hathaway, was 38. She married Harry Carter Bumpus on 25 October 1901, in Wareham, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1878 and Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States for about 60 years. She died on 29 June 1965, at the age of 87, and was buried in Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Pearl L Bumpus in household of Harry C Bumpus, "United States Census, 1920"
- Pearl L. Ashley, "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905"
- Pearl L. Ashley, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (especially in southern and central England) named Ashley, from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of French Canadian Asselin 2.
In some cases also an Americanized form of German Eschler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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