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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- 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 bȳ ‘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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