Mary Eliza Gallion

Brief Life History of Mary Eliza

When Mary Eliza Gallion was born on 3 August 1877, in Natchitoches, Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States, her father, Zachary Taylor Gallion, was 28 and her mother, Mary Cornelia Somerindyke, was 24. She married George Percy Smith on 27 April 1904. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States in 1900 and Doyline, Webster, Louisiana, United States in 1920. She died on 24 September 1940, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Louisiana, United States.

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George Percy Smith
1880–1949
Mary Eliza Gallion
1877–1940
Marriage: 27 April 1904
Robert A Smith
1906–
George Somerdyke Smith
1911–1994

Sources (8)

  • Eliza G Smith in household of Percy Smith, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary Eliza Gallion Smith, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • Eliza Gallion in entry for Louise Smith, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"

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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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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 (Cambridgeshire): from the Middle English (Old French) personal names Galian, Galien, Galion from Latin Galianus or Galienus (masculine) and Latin Galiena (feminine).

English: variant of Gallon .

French: nickname from a diminutive of Old French galier ‘man with a cheerful disposition’.

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

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