When Ethel Cora Hess was born on 29 May 1889, in New York, United States, her father, Leander George Hess, was 24 and her mother, Ida Jane Dunk, was 24. She married Raymond William Byrd on 2 June 1908, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States for about 40 years. She died on 7 April 1957, at the age of 67.
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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.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (see Hessen 1).
South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew ).
German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hesso, a derivative of a compound name formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element, or from a pet form of Herman or Hendrik (see Henry 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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