Brief Life History of Mamie Louise
When Mamie Louise Creek was born on 2 August 1905, in Kokomo, Center Township, Howard, Indiana, United States, her father, William Harry Creek, was 26 and her mother, Mary Amanda Snyder, was 24. She married Merval Vestal Brewer on 14 February 1923. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Bethlehem Township, Cass, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Logansport, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 January 2003, in Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States, at the age of 97.
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Sources (14)
- Mamie in household of William, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mamie Louise Creek - Government record: Social Security record: birth-name: Mamie Louise Creek
- Hans Kruck, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from North or South Creake in Norfolk, named from Celtic creig ‘cliff, rock’.
English: from Middle English creke ‘basket’ (Old French creche), hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker.
Americanized form of German Krieg or Krück (see Kruck ), or German and Jewish Krick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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