Brief Life History of Percy Avery
When Percy Avery Rockefeller was born on 27 February 1878, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, William Avery Rockefeller Jr., was 36 and his mother, Almira Geraldine Goodsell, was 33. He married Isabel Goodrich Stillman on 23 April 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1928 and lived in New York, United States in 1934 and Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1935. He died on 25 September 1934, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States.
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- Percy Roekfeller, "New York, New York City, Police Census, 1890"
- Percy Rockefeller, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Percy Avery Rockefeller, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
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
Americanized form of German Rockenfeller: habitational name for someone from the village of Rockenfeld near Neuwied, Rhineland, named in Middle High German with rocke ‘rye’ (Old High German rocko) + feld ‘open country’. Compare Rockafellow .
History: The Rockefellers trace their origin to Johann Peter Rockenfeller, who emigrated to North America in 1723. His descendant, the millionaire industrialist John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937), founder of Standard Oil, was born in Richford, NY; his father was a commodities dealer and farm owner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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