When Otis Power was born on 14 September 1881, in Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Carson Power, was 46 and his mother, Rebecca Mary McDonald, was 42. He married Stella Belle Meeks on 20 June 1902, in Vigo, Indiana, United States. He died on 16 August 1913, in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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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.
English and Irish (of Norman origin): ethnic or habitational name from Old French Pohier, Poer, Middle English Po(u)er, Power ‘native of the Pays de Poix’ (Picardy). This is one of the most common surnames in Ireland.
English: nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English povre, poure ‘poor’ (from Latin pauper). Compare Poor .
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