Brief Life History of Russell Willard
When Russell Willard Kyle was born on 3 November 1889, in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States, his father, Thomas Jefferson Kyle Jr, was 43 and his mother, Cornelia Matilda Allison, was 33. He married Alma Taylor Rogers on 14 January 1912, in Franklin, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dehesa, San Diego, California, United States in 1935 and National Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. He died on 29 August 1952, in National City, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in National City, San Diego, California, United States.
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- Russell W Kyle, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Russell Kyle - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Russell Kyle
- R W Kyle, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
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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.
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
Scottish:
habitational name from a district in Ayrshire called Kyle, named for the British chieftains who ruled it in the 5th century, the Coel Hen.
habitational name from any of several places in Scotland called Kyle, named with Gaelic caol ‘narrow’ or caolas ‘narrows, strait’. Compare Kyles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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