Mary Barbara Toom

Female23 January 1873–15 December 1944

Brief Life History of Mary Barbara

When Mary Barbara Toom was born on 23 January 1873, in Clay Township, Marion, Iowa, United States, her father, Jan Ariese Toom, was 52 and her mother, Jannigje Rietveld, was 39. She lived in Marion, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Lake Prairie Township, Marion, Iowa, United States for about 40 years. She died on 15 December 1944, in Clay Township, Marion, Iowa, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Marion, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jan Ariese Toom
1820–1900
Jannigje Rietveld
1833–1900
Jan Toom
1853–1933
Dirkie Toom
1856–1939
Meyer Toom
1857–1937
Elizabeth Toom
1859–1940
John A Toom
1865–1933
Cornelius Toom
1870–1924
Mary Barbara Toom
1873–1944
Arie Toom
1878–1951

Sources (7)

  • Mary B Toom, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary B Toom in household of Meyer Toom, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary Toom in household of Myer Toom, "United States Census, 1910"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (8)

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 2

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.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

Age 11

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 23

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

Some characteristic forenames: Indian Pritam, Amar, Amritpal, Asim, Beant, Bhajan, Chandan, Darshan, Gagan, Karnail, Rakesh, Sabena. Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Iqbal, Aamir, Arifa, Arshad, Hafeez, Irfan, Javed, Qaiser, Saqib, Tahir.

Indian (Punjab): Sikh name based on the name of a Jat tribe.

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

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