Mary Catherine Orrick

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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Family Time Line

Lewis Adam Hileman
1862–1940
Mary Catherine Orrick
1875–1950
Marriage: 16 March 1898
Ann Hileman
1899–
Mary Hileman
1900–
Frank D Hileman
1902–1978
Nelle Elizabeth Hileman
1903–1981
Rev. Howard T Hileman
1909–1996
Nora Alice Hileman
1910–

Sources (11)

  • 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"

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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