Mary Louise Lovejoy

Brief Life History of Mary Louise

When Mary Louise Lovejoy was born on 20 August 1865, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, Henry Lovejoy, was 27 and her mother, Augusta Ferree Steiger, was 24. She married Horace Austin Dodge on 25 April 1894, in Kings, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1930 and Washington, United States in 1948. She died on 28 December 1948, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace Austin Dodge
1868–1940
Mary Louise Lovejoy
1865–1948
Marriage: 25 April 1894
Margaret S. Dodge
1898–1983

Sources (10)

  • Mary Louise Lovejoy in household of Augusta F. Lovejoy, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Louise Lovejoy Dodge, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mrs Mary L Dodge in entry for Mr Horace A Dodge, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1874 · Secrete Service Headquarters

The Secrete Service Headquarters had been in NYC for four years. Finally in 1874, it returns to Washington D.C.

1887 · Monotype Type-Casting Machine

June 7, 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his Monotype machine. It typed individual characters instead of lines like the Linotype machine.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ (Old English lufian) + Middle English joie ‘joy’ (Old French joie), possibly ironic.

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

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