Brief Life History of Atha Louise
When Atha Louise Gaylord was born on 17 October 1886, in Tabor, Fremont, Iowa, United States, her father, Ammi DeWitt Gaylord, was 25 and her mother, Eleanor Viola Herrington, was 21. She lived in United States in 1949 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1950. She died in 1965, at the age of 79, and was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Atha Gaylord, "United States 1950 Census"
- Unknown, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Atha L Gaylord, "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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English (southern, of Norman origin): variant of Gaylard altered by folk etymology, from the Old French and Middle English personal name Gaillart, Gallard, Galliard, representing either the ancient Germanic personal name Gailhard (composed of elements meaning ‘powerful, lusty, cheerful’ + ‘hard, firm, resilient, strong’) or Old French gaillard, gaillart ‘vigorous, powerful, strong’. Alternatively, from Middle English gaillard, galiard ‘brave, strong, valiant’, also ‘lively, gay, gaily dressed’.
Altered form of Gaylard, itself an Anglicized form of French Gaillard , which was brought to England by the Huguenots.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Gaillard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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