Susanah Ferguson

Brief Life History of Susanah

When Susanah Ferguson was born on 3 December 1876, in Missouri, United States, her father, George Washington Martin Ferguson, was 50 and her mother, Abigail Lucy Daugherty, was 37. She married John Hutchinson Minto on 16 June 1895, in Noble, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Modesto Judicial Township, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1940 and Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States in 1948. She died on 1 January 1948, in Stanislaus, California, United States, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

John Hutchinson Minto
1872–1952
Susanah Ferguson
1876–1948
Marriage: 16 June 1895
James Loyal Minto
1902–1984
Charles W Minto
1915–1969

Sources (11)

  • Susannah Minto in household of John H Minto, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Susie Ferguson, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Susanah F Minto, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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World Events (8)

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.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

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

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.

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

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