Brief Life History of Vesper Clifton
When Vesper Clifton Couch was born on 17 February 1887, in Huntington, Huntington Township, Huntington, Indiana, United States, his father, William Sherman Couch, was 21 and his mother, Jane May Heffner, was 18. He married Lucretia Anne Dolisi on 16 February 1910. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Lexington Township, Johnson, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, United States in 1930. He died on 5 November 1962, in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Olathe Memorial Cemetery, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, United States.
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- Vesper C Couch, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Vesper Clifton Couch - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Vesper Couch
- Vesper Couch, "Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
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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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall and Devon): nickname from Middle English couch(e) ‘hump, hunch’, used for a hunchback. In Cornwall and Devon it is usually pronounced as Cooch.
English (Cornwall and Devon): variant of Gooch .
English (Cornwall and Devon): from Middle English coche, couche ‘bed, couch, tablecloth’ (Old French couche, culche). It could have been a metonymic occupational name for someone who made such items or a nickname for a lazy individual. Alternatively, it could have been applied to someone who produced couchwork, a luxurious embroidery in which gold or silver thread and jewels were sewn into satin or silk robes.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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