Polly Grigsby

Brief Life History of Polly

When Polly Grigsby was born in 1863, in Perry, Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Grigsby, was 48 and her mother, Frances Owens, was 44. She married Jefferson Duff on 15 March 1898, in Perry, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 2, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Campbell, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

Jefferson Duff
1861–
Polly Grigsby
1863–
Marriage: 15 March 1898
David Duff
1896–1936
Katey B Duff
1899–
Docia Duff
1902–1995

Sources (13)

  • Polley Duff in household of Jeff Duff, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Pollie Grigsby, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Polly Griggly, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

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World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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

English (Kent): habitational name from a lost or unidentified place called Gregby, apparently in Lincolnshire. Although it is not certain that the surname in Kent is connected with the early bearers in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, it seems plausible. A habitational name with the Scandinavian generic -by (Old Danish ‘settlement, village’), while typical of the Danelaw, is an impossible coinage in southeastern England.

English: perhaps a variant of Grebby from a place so called in Scremby (Lincolnshire).

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

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