Brief Life History of Ella D
When Ella D Monroe was born on 6 April 1895, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Jonathan Allen Monroe Sr, was 51 and her mother, Ella Jane Myers, was 30. She married Daniel Tappenden Cropp on 10 June 1925, in Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 27 May 1985, in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Ella D Monroe in household of John Monroe, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ella Duke Monroe, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- Ella D Monroe, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
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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.
1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Munro .
Irish: variant of Mulroy .
History: Scottish bearers of this name are descended from Donald O’Kane, who in the 11th century migrated from the mouth of the Roe to Ferrindonald in Cromarty, Scotland. There his descendants, as barons of Foulis and vassals of the earls of Ross, held lands along the Firth of Cromarty. James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th president of the US (1817–25), came from a cadet branch of this family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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