Nettie Kate Galloway

Brief Life History of Nettie Kate

When Nettie Kate Galloway was born on 19 December 1866, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, her father, William George Galloway, was 25 and her mother, Anna Rebecca Marie Brown, was 22. She married Richard Baxter Deck on 21 June 1901, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Garrett, DeKalb, Indiana, United States for about 20 years and Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 10 September 1946, in Muncie, Center Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Richard Baxter Deck
1863–1956
Nettie Kate Galloway
1866–1946
Marriage: 21 June 1901
Elmer Baxter Deck
1902–1960
Florence I Deck
1906–1998

Sources (7)

  • Nettie Deck in household of Richard Deck, "United States Census, 1920"
  • <Unknown>, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Nettie Kate Galloway in household of William G Galloway, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1875

Historical Boundaries: 1875: DeKalb, Indiana, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from Galloway in southwest Scotland, named as ‘place of the foreign Gaels’, from Gaelic gall ‘foreigner’ + Gaidheal ‘Gael’. From the 8th century or before it was a province of Anglian Northumbria. In the 9th century it was settled by mixed Gaelic-Norse inhabitants from the Hebrides and Isle of Man.

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

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