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Martha Alice Lay 1872 - 1953

Martha Alice Lay of Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC Australia was born on August 11, 1872 in Ballan, Moorabool Shire County to John Edward Lay and Sarah Field Lay. She had siblings Thomas Henry Lay, George Albert Lay, Annie Emma Lay, Robert Charles Lay, Mary Ann Lay, Hannah Louisa Lay, Evelyn Marcella (Lay) Rarchford, Gwendoline Frances Lay, and William Lancelot Lay. Martha Lay died at age 81 years old in 1953 in Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County.
Martha Alice Lay
Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC 3163, Australia
August 11, 1872
Ballan, Moorabool Shire County, VIC, 3342, Australia
1953
Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC, 3163, Australia
Female
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  • 08/11
    1872

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    August 11, 1872
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    Ballan, Moorabool Shire County, VIC 3342, Australia
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  • 1953

    Death

    1953
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Murrumbeena, City of Glen Eira County, VIC 3163, Australia
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    Martha Alice Lay lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.
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In 1872, in the year that Martha Alice Lay was born, on May 22nd, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872. The Act restored full civil rights to secessionists, including about 150,000 former slaves who had fought in the Confederate Army. About 500 former Confederate sympathizers were not allowed their full civil rights.
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In 1909, Martha was 37 years old when the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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