Brief Life History of Grace Evelyn
When Grace Evelyn Dewitt was born on 31 January 1890, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Herbert Barnard DeWitt, was 33 and her mother, Marietta Hayes, was 30. She married Grant Parker Forster on 24 November 1909, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1911. She died on 2 October 1988, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Grace Forster in household of Herman Forster, "Canada Census, 1911"
- Grace Evelyn Dewitt, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Grace Evelyn Dewitt, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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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.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Dutch: nickname denoting someone with white or very fair hair, or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Middle Dutch witte + the definite article de.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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