Brief Life History of Vera Elizabeth
When Vera Elizabeth Bringhurst was born on 2 October 1888, in Jersey, Illinois, United States, her father, James Bringhurst, was 37 and her mother, Edna Hudson, was 32. She had at least 1 daughter with Irvin Leslie Spalding. She lived in Fidelity, Jersey, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Wood River, Madison, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died on 28 April 1942, in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Jersey, Illinois, United States.
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- Vera E Spaulding in household of Irvin L Spaulding, "United States Census, 1920"
- Vera E. Brughurst, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Vera Elizabeth Bringhurst Spaulding, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from a place in Leicestershire, England, called Bringhurst. This was named in Old English with Brȳninga + hyrst ‘wooded hill’, i.e. ‘wooded hill on lands associated with someone called Brȳni’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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