Brief Life History of Mabel Grace
When Mabel Grace Ranstead was born on 15 August 1887, in Earlville, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, Herbert Evelyn Ranstead, was 45 and her mother, Sarah Miller, was 37. She married Herbert LaVier on 30 August 1910, in Kane, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Earl Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Meriden, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 2 February 1987, in Libertyville, Lake, Illinois, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Precinct Cemetery, Earlville, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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- Mabel Leviere, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mabel Grace Ranstead, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Mabel Lavier, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Anstett .
English: habitational name from Hanstead's House in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, with loss of initial H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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