Brief Life History of Ellen Anderson
When Ellen Anderson Glasgow was born on 22 April 1873, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, her father, Francis Thomas Glasgow Sr., was 43 and her mother, Anne Jane Gholson, was 41. She lived in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States in 1880 and United States in 1945. She died on 21 November 1945, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- Ellen E Glasgow in household of F T Glasgow, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ellen Anderson Glasgow, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Miss Ellen Glasgow, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire and Midlothian): habitational name from Glasgow, the city on the Clyde (first recorded in 1116 as Glasgu), or from either of two minor places with the same name in Aberdeenshire. The etymology of the placename is disputed; it is probably from Welsh glas ‘gray, green, blue’ + cau ‘hollows’.
Scottish and Irish (Tyrone and Antrim): altered form of Closkey, a shortened and Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidhe ‘son of Bloscadh’ (see McCloskey ).
Irish: variant of English Glasscock , which was once common in County Kildare.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIO FROM WIKIPEDIA
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel In This Our Life.[1] She published 20 novels …
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