Brief Life History of Benjamin Frank
When Benjamin Frank Fitzhugh was born on 28 June 1894, in Kansas, United States, his father, Benjamin Allen Fitzhugh, was 37 and his mother, Emily DeBarr, was 26. He married Pearl Raney on 4 July 1916, in Kit Carson, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Colby, Thomas, Kansas, United States for about 15 years and Whittier Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 7 September 1976, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Frank B Fitzhugh, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Frank Fitzhugh - Published information: birth-name: Benjamin Frank Fitzhugh
- Frank Fitzhugh, "Colorado, County Marriages, 1864-1995"
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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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (Northamptonshire): from Anglo-Norman French fi(t)z ‘son’ (see Fitz ) + the personal name Hugh (see Hugh ), ‘son of Hugh’.
History: William Fitzhugh (1651–1701), from Bedford, England, emigrated to VA c. 1670 and established himself on the Potomac River in what was then Stafford County, VA, as a planter and exporter. He also practiced law, was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and served in 1687 as lieutenant colonel of the county militia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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