Margaret Sproat

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Sproat was born on 10 January 1884, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Christopher Wilson Sproat, was 23 and her mother, Alverette Brown, was 23. She married Robert Otto Aulert on 28 February 1922, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Oakland, Alameda, California, United States for about 30 years. She died on 22 June 1963, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Robert Otto Aulert
1887–1965
Margaret Sproat
1884–1963
Marriage: 28 February 1922

Sources (11)

  • Margaret Peterman in household of Harry Sproat, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Sproat - Government record: birth-name: Margaret Sproat
  • Margaret Sproat, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

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: variant of Sprott .

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

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