Brief Life History of Margaret Maggie
When Margaret Maggie Autry was born on 29 May 1890, in Harnett, North Carolina, United States, her father, David H Autry, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Harvell, was 31. She married Kinyard Haywood Cowan on 28 November 1914, in Lee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Durham, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Township 5 East Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 11 December 1963, in Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Lee, North Carolina, United States.
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- Mary M Autry, "United States Census, 1910"
- Maggie Cowan, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Miss Maggie Autry, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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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 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
French: habitational name from Autry, the name of several places in Allier, Ardennes, and Loiret, or Autrey, the name of several places in Haute-Saône. This surname is virtually non-existing in France. Compare Autery , Autrey , Awtrey , and Awtry .
Alternatively, perhaps an altered form of French Audry: from the Old French personal name Audry, from ancient Germanic Aldric, composed of the elements ald ‘old’ + rīc ‘power’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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