Brief Life History of John Samuel
When John Samuel Stoddard was born on 16 January 1886, in Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Merchant Stoddard, was 40 and his mother, Eliza Jane Moore, was 34. He married Rosellia Lewis on 22 July 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Lodi, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1922 and Buckley, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1935. He died on 18 October 1959, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Pierce, Washington, United States.
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- John Stoddard (roomer in house of Robert Kelly), "United States Census, 1920" (Fresno, Fresno, California)
- John Stoddard, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Rosellia Lewis, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
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1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
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.
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 and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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