Brief Life History of Mabel Edna
When Mabel Edna Light was born on 20 April 1886, in Calistoga, Napa, California, United States, her father, Ephrahim Light, was 33 and her mother, Alice Celesney Carroway, was 27. She lived in Calistoga Judicial Township, Napa, California, United States in 1910. She died on 19 July 1921, at the age of 35, and was buried in St. Helena, Napa, California, United States.
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- Mabel E Light in household of Ephraim Light, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mabel E Light, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
- Miss Mabel Light, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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World Events (8)
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English liht ‘light, active’ (Old English lēoht).
English: topographic name from Middle English liht, leht ‘light’ (Old English lēoht), used for a ‘light place, clearing, glade’.
English: nickname from Middle English lit ‘little’ (Old English lȳt). Compare Little .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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