Brief Life History of Joseph Lawrence
When Joseph Lawrence Gage was born on 30 July 1905, in Missouri, United States, his father, Jess Gage, was 53 and his mother, Minnie Elizabeth Jane Willis, was 27. He had at least 1 daughter with Ruby M Jackson. He lived in United States in 1949 and San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1950. He died on 8 February 1985, in Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 79.
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Sources (8)
- Lawerence J Gage, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Lawrence Gage - Government record: birth-name: Joseph Lawrence Gage
- Joseph Gage, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from Middle English gage, gauge ‘fixed measure’ (Old French gauge), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and measures.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French gage ‘pledge, surety’ (against which money was lent), and therefore a metonymic occupational name for a moneylender or usurer.
English: variant of Geach, an unexplained name common in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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