Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Wilson was born on 8 June 1881, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Robert Lee "Billie" Wilson, was 18 and her mother, Alice Forest "Allie" Robinson, was 17. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Zebulon Montgomery Johnson. She lived in Garrett Township, Johnston, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 1 May 1961, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Mary E Johnson in household of Eebbelin M Johnson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary E Wilson in entry for Arthur L Johnson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Mary L Covey in household of W L Wilson, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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