Brief Life History of Abner Elmer
When Abner Elmer Kirby was born on 5 January 1889, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, his father, William P Kirby, was 35 and his mother, Mary DeRemeaux, was 34. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Estella Gerald. He died on 19 July 1954, in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
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- Abner E Kirby, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: A.E. Kirby - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: A.E. Kirby
- Abner Elmer Kirby, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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