Brief Life History of George Bayard
When George Bayard Clifton was born on 11 September 1880, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, George Henry Clifton, was 26 and his mother, Christanna Gosnell, was 22. He married Marian Amick on 11 December 1911, in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 18 September 1955, in Pound Ridge, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 75.
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- George B Clifton, "United States 1950 Census"
- George Bayard Clifton, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- George B Clifton, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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