Brief Life History of Dorothy Eloise
When Dorothy Eloise Lloyd was born on 27 March 1893, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, Irving Lucien Lloyd, was 30 and her mother, Mary Jane Holloway, was 34. She married William Kenneth McPhail on 28 May 1924, in Port Orchard, Kitsap, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Everett, Dodge, Nebraska, United States in 1944. She died on 6 February 1973, in Everett, Snohomish, Washington, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Dorathy L Llyod Or Lloyd in household of Irving Llyod Or Lloyd, "United States Census, 1910"
- Dorothy Lloyd, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- Eloise Lloyd, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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World Events (8)
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.
1913 · Women's Suffrage Demonstration
A demonstration for women's suffrage takes place on March 3, 1913. This is the first suffrage parade in Washington D.C. One of the notable women in attendance is Ida B. Wells.
1915 · Homemade Bomb Explosion
On July 2, 1915 an angry, former Harvard professor, Erich Muenter, places a homemade bomb in the Senate Reception Room. He was upset about the private sales of US munitions to the allies during the war.
Name Meaning
Welsh: descriptive nickname from Welsh llwyd ‘gray’. InWelsh the color term llwyd also includes shades of brown, andit is likely that, when used with reference to younger men,llwyd denoted brown or mouse-colored hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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