Agnes Robertson Moorehead (1900–1974) • FamilySearch

Agnes Robertson Moorehead

Female6 December 1900–30 April 1974

Brief Life History of Agnes Robertson

When Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born on 6 December 1900, in Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, her father, John Henderson Moorehead, was 31 and her mother, Mary Mildred McCauley, was 17. She married John Griffith Lee in 1930. She lived in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1910. In 1933, her occupation is listed as actress. She died on 30 April 1974, in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery, Butler Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Marion Gist
1917–1998
Agnes Robertson Moorehead
1900–1974
Marriage: 14 February 1954

Sources (24)

  • Agnes Morehead in household of John Morehead, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Agnes R. Moorehead, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Agnes Robert Moorehead, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 February 1954Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 1

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    1913 · Women's Suffrage Demonstration

    Age 13

    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.

    1920

    Age 20

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    Name Meaning

    Irish (eastern Ulster): variant of Muirhead .

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

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