When Emma Augusta Blackley was born on 1 September 1863, in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Blackley, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth White, was 41. She died on 1 December 1871, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 8, and was buried in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
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.
Scottish: possibly a variant of Blacklaw .
English: variant of Blakeley .
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