When Lester Oatway Wilder was born on 29 January 1889, in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Elmon Sumner Wilder, was 34 and his mother, Anna Oatway, was 31. He married Ethel C Thompson on 24 June 1913, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1935. He died on 25 November 1968, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Rochester, Monroe, New York, 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.
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.
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.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wild 3.
English (South eastern England, especially Berkshire): probably a nickname from Old English wildēor ‘wild animal’.
History: Thomas Wilder is recorded as a freeman of Charlestown, MA, in 1640. He had numerous prominent descendents.
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