Marion (Smith) (1856 - 1927)

Marion's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Dufrocq family tree.

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Marion's Parents

Henry Smith

Jane Smith

Marion Smith

Parents:

Henry Smith

Unknown - Unknown

Jane Smith

Unknown - Unknown

Relationships:

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Marion Smith & William Dufrocq

Marion Smith

William Dufrocq

Andrew John Du Frocq Emily Mary Dufrocq

Norman Leslie Du Frocq

Spouse:

William Dufrocq

Unknown - Unknown

Children:

Andrew John Du Frocq

1885 - Jun 3, 1950

Norman Leslie Du Frocq

Apr 22, 1897 - Feb 15, 1967

Emily Mary Dufrocq

1880 - Unknown

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Marion (Smith) Du Frocq

Added: Dec 16, 2015

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In 1856, in the year that Marion Smith was born, on March 31st, The Treaty of Paris was signed by the Russian Empire and the allied forces of the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, the French Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The Treaty ended the Crimean War which had begun almost 3 years earlier.

In 1863, Marion was just 7 years old when on October 3rd, during the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln created a national Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving was to be celebrated on the final Thursday of November in 1863. In the U.S., Thanksgiving has been celebrated in November ever since.

In 1885, when she was 29 years old, on January 24th, the Fenians - Irish Nationalists - set off dynamite bombs in the House of Commons chamber, Westminster Hall, and the Tower of London. Four civilians and two policemen were injured.

In 1911, at the age of 55 years old, Marion was alive when the Triangle Shirtwaist fire occurred, one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history. 146 workers (123 women and 23 men, many of them recent Jewish and Italian immigrants) died from the fire or by jumping to escape the fire and smoke. The garment factory was on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors of a building in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Doors to stairwells and exits had been locked in order to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks and to prevent theft, so they couldn't escape by normal means when the fire broke out. Due to the disaster, legislation was passed to protect sweatshop workers.

In 1927, in the year of Marion Smith's passing, 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.