George Silvey

Brief Life History of George

When George Silvey was born on 12 November 1892, in San Francisco, California, United States, his father, Manuel da Silva, was 49 and his mother, Adelina de Jesus da Câmara, was 44. He married Adeline Wilhelmina Jacobson on 19 October 1918, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States in 1910. He died on 18 November 1944, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Silvey
1892–1944
Adeline Wilhelmina Jacobson
1898–1971
Marriage: 19 October 1918
George Robert Silvey
1919–1980
Harold Silvey
1920–1948
William Dudley Silvey
1927–1981

Sources (18)

  • George Silvia in household of Will F Shultz, "United States Census, 1910"
  • George Silvey, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • George Silvey, "Find A Grave Index"

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.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Silveyn, with loss of final -n; see Selwyn 2. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Selvy .

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

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