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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- 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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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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