When Mary Elizabeth Houston was born on 21 June 1889, in Amity Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Edward Houston, was 42 and her mother, Maria Ann Decker, was 40. She married James Edward Babb on 26 July 1905, in Ogle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1928 and Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States for about 55 years. She died on 28 April 1967, at the age of 77, and was buried in Lawnridge Cemetery, Rochelle, Ogle, Illinois, United States.
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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.
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
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