Brief Life History of Homer Claude
When Homer Claude Fennig was born on 17 August 1888, in Wabash Township, Jay, Indiana, United States, his father, John F Fennig, was 32 and his mother, Eunice Amelia Dock, was 26. He married Leota Prudence Loyer on 10 March 1910, in Jay, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Bearcreek Township, Jay, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 17 March 1955, in Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay, Indiana, United States.
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- Homer C Fennig, "United States 1950 Census"
- Homer C Fennig, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Homer Claude Fennig, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Pfennig and, in North America, probably also an altered form of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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