Brief Life History of Ollie Fenn
When Ollie Fenn Palmer was born on 7 December 1888, in Kingsville, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, his father, Carl Dwight Palmer, was 26 and his mother, Inez E. Benson, was 24. He married Ruth Esther Durmen on 15 June 1929, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Elyria, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1949. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 13 July 1949, at the age of 60, and was buried in Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States.
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- Ollie F Palmer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ollie Fenn Palmer, "Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953"
- Ollie Tenn Palmer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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