John Thomas Garside

Brief Life History of John Thomas

When John Thomas Garside was born on 22 October 1873, in Maine, United States, his father, John Garside, was 38 and his mother, Anna Broadbent, was 42. He married Mabel Florence McCutchen on 22 April 1896, in Kennebunkport, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in York, Maine, United States in 1920 and Biddeford, York, Maine, United States in 1930. He died in 1940, at the age of 67, and was buried in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Thomas Garside
1873–1940
Mabel Florence McCutchen
1874–1943
Marriage: 22 April 1896
Ethel F. Garside
1893–
John Arthur Garside
1897–1984
Roy Loren Garside
1898–1951

Sources (15)

  • John T Garside, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John F Garside, "Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996"
  • John Thomas Garside, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

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.

Name Meaning

English (northern): habitational name from Gartside or Garside in Oldham, Lancashire, apparently so named from northern Middle English garth ‘enclosure’ (Old Norse garthr) + side ‘hill slope’ (Old English sīde).

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

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