Oscar Russell Lacy Jr

Male29 November 1886–18 February 1955

Brief Life History of Oscar Russell

When Oscar Russell Lacy Jr 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 35. He married Alice Ellen Culver on 14 February 1912, in Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Yates, New York, United States in 1920 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 Lakeview Cemetery, Penn Yan, Yates, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Russell Lacy Jr
1886–1955
Alice Ellen Culver
1894–1975
Marriage: 14 February 1912
Margaret Ellen Lacy
1913–1981
Helen Lacy
1916–1995
Janet Elizabeth Lacy
1918–2013
Oscar Russell Lacy III
1920–1923
William Culver Lacy
1928–2006

Sources (20)

  • Oscar R Lacey, "New York State Census, 1892"
  • Oscar Lacy, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
  • Oscar Russell Lacy, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 February 1912Yates, New York, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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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 origin and meaning) + the locative suffix -acum.

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

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