Julia Twiggs

Female1877–3 February 1948

Brief Life History of Julia

When Julia Twiggs was born in 1877, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, her father, George W Twiggs, was 31 and her mother, Susannah Cummins, was 31. She lived in Freemansburg, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 3 February 1948, in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

George W Twiggs
1846–1883
Susannah Cummins
1847–
Mary Twiggs
1873–
Julia Twiggs
1877–1948
Lucy Twiggs
1880–
Nora M. Twiggs
1882–

Sources (4)

  • Julian Twiggo in household of G W Twiggs, "United States Census, 1880"
  • www.wvculture.org Search engine for Birth/Death/Marriage records
  • Julian Twiggs, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 4

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 5

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 19

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.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from Twigg .

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

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