Sandra (Day) O'Connor (1930 - 2023)

Born 26 Mar 1930 in El Paso, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Jay O'Connor — married 20 Dec 1952 in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States

Died 1 Dec 2023 at age 93 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States

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Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States of America.^[1]

Biography

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Sandra Day was born on 26 Mar 1930 in El Paso, Texas, United States, daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a rancher, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).^[2]

• O'Connor was appointed to the US Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan. She was the first woman ever to hold that position.
• Grew up on the family's Lazy-B Ranch near the Gila River, straddling the border between Arizona & New Mexico

Sandra Day O'Connor passed away on 1 Dec 2023^[3] and her ashes were scattered among the graves of her family in their family cemetery (on the beloved ranch in Arizona). ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Sandra Day O'Connor, Ret Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
2. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6LQ-VRD : accessed 1 Dec 2023), #23660, Sandra Day, 26 Mar 1930, El Paso.
3. ↑ "Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93," Reuters, 1 Dec 2023, https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-sandra-day-oconnor-dead-93-2023-12-01/ : accessed 1 Dec 2023.
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #261950210 (accessed 29 March 2024)
   Memorial page for Sandra Day O'Connor (26 Mar 1930-1 Dec 2023), citing Lazy B - Day Family Cemetery, Duncan, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.

• Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy

• "United States Census, 1940," ED 6-8B, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA; sheet 6B, family 97, Sandra Day in Harry Day household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYWG-1F1.

• "United States Census, 1950," ED 43-98A, Stanford University, Santa Clara, California, USA; sheet 93, line 7, Sandra Day; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG3-XPVW.

• "Engagement of Miss Day, John Jay O'Connor Announced," The El Paso Times [Texas], 8 Oct 1952, page 12; image copy, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times/126100968/ : accessed 1 Dec 2023).

• "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD8T-SRG : 1 January 2015), Sandra Day, 26 Mar 1930; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.

• https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/203277264/sandra-day-oconnor-dies