Oscar Russell Lacy

29 November 1886–18 February 1955 (Age 68)
Jerusalem, Yates, New York, United States

The Life of Oscar Russell

When Oscar Russell Lacy was born on 29 November 1886, in Jerusalem, Yates, New York, United States, his father, William G Lacy, was 36 and his mother, Annette Stever, was 34. He married Alice Ellen Culver on 14 February 1912, in Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Torrey, Yates, New York, United States in 1905 and Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 18 February 1955, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Russell Lacy
1886–1955
Alice Ellen Culver
1894–1975
Marriage: 14 February 1912
Margaret Ellen Lacy
1913–1981
Janet Elizabeth Lacy
1918–2013

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
14 February 1912
Yates, New York, United States
children

(2)

Parents and Siblings

    William G Lacy

    Male1849–1927Male

    Annette Stever

    Female1852–1918Female

siblings

(8)

    Minnie Lacy

    Female1873–1902Female

    Hettie Bernice Lacy

    Female1876–Female

    Annie Lacey

    Female1878–Female

    Frederick Lacy

    Male1880–Male

    Kathryn E Lacy

    Female1884–1920Female

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 4

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

Age 4

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

Age 20

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 and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lassy in Calvados, named from a Gaulish personal name Lascius (of uncertain meaning) + the locative suffix -acum. The surname is widespread in Britain and Ireland, but most common in Nottinghamshire. In Ireland the family is associated particularly with County Limerick.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Oscar R Lacy in household of William D Lacy, "New York State Census, 1905"
  • Oscar Lacy, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Oscar R Lacy in household of Allen J Davis, "United States Census, 1940"

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