Brief Life History of Virginia Hester
When Virginia Hester Betts was born in 1881, in Delaware, United States, her father, Mahlon C. Betts, was 23 and her mother, Amanda Jane Carey, was 19. She married William Lemmuel Daisey on 22 May 1898, in United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Dagsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1920 and Sussex, Delaware, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1943, at the age of 62, and was buried in Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States.
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- Virginia Daisey in household of Wm L Daisey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Virginia Hester Betts Daisey, "Find A Grave Index"
- Virginia H Daisey, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
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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.
1893 · First U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
The first time that the rank of Ambassador was used was in 1893. When on March 30, 1893, Thomas F. Bayard was appointed Ambassador to Great Britain.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bett , with excrescent -s, a patronymic or metronymic from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth.
Americanized form of German Betz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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