When Dolores Josephine Gaylord was born on 28 February 1905, in Lamoni, Decatur, Iowa, United States, her father, Willard B. Gaylord, was 28 and her mother, Anna Josephine Danielson, was 25. She married Myron Andrew Fligg on 5 July 1936. She lived in Decatur Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 1 June 1961, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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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.
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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.
Possible Related NamesAnna Josephine Danielson was baptized by Elder Southwick in June 1893, same day as her sister Lottie Grace. She married Willard Gaylord and transferred her membership to Lamoni, Iowa, in 1904. Excerp …
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