Brief Life History of Margaret Gardner
When Margaret Gardner Thomson was born on 17 May 1877, in South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Thomson, was 25 and her mother, Ann Cutt, was 29. She married Samuel Hugh Potter on 2 October 1902, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and West Hoboken Town, Hudson, New Jersey, United States in 1910. She died on 23 November 1950, in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Union Township, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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- Margeret Potter in household of Smaul Potter, "United States Census, 1910"
- Margaret Gardner Thomson Potter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret G Thomson in entry for Edna E Potter, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1878 · Collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank.
Because of a discovery of a £7,000 deficit, City of Glasgow Bank halted operations from November to December 1877. After 10 months after reopening, the bank’s directors announced the bank, itself, had filed bankruptcy. The closure showed a net liability of over £6 million. The bank was so successful with telling people that it wasn’t in error, that the Bank's shares were selling for more than double of what they were actually worth. The bank’s directors were arrested and tried at the High Court. All were found guilty and sentenced to terms of imprisonment. Many Glasgow businesses failed as a result of the bankruptcy and shareholders were called to replenish the bank's losses. One shareholder argued that he had become a shareholder unknowing the fraudulent actions of the bank. Wide effects of the collapse have been seen in limited growth in liability and extensive problems with temporary banking liquidity.
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English and northern Irish: variant of Thompson .
Scottish: sometimes an Anglicized form of Gaelic McThomas; see McTavish , McComish .
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen . Compare Thompson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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