When Nellie Gertrude Hayes was born on 20 May 1904, in Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States, her father, Charles Elmer Hayes, was 30 and her mother, Elmira Jane Gates, was 32. She married Charles Francis Clark on 1 July 1922, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Hamilton, Marion, Iowa, United States in 1930 and West Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 20 April 1986, in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States.
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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
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