Brief Life History of Mary Catherine
When Mary Catherine Orrick was born on 16 August 1875, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, her father, Henry Orrick, was 21 and her mother, Sara Rebecca Barr, was 16. She married Lewis Adam Hileman on 16 March 1898, in Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mooresburg, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 2, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 13 December 1950, in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Emma Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States.
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- Mary C Oric in household of Henry Oric, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary C. Orick - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary C. Orick
- Mary Catherine Orrick, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
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 (Durham and Northumberland): English variant of the Scottish habitational name Orrock , from the lands of Orrock (Burntisland, Fife), whose name is from Gaelic oir ‘edge, border’ + the locational suffix -oc. The surname occasionally appears as Arrock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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