Brief Life History of Matilda
When Matilda Mecoy was born about 1888, in Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto, Texas, United States, her father, Abner Martin Van Buren McCoy, was 47 and her mother, Maria Roundtree Shands, was 40. She married W. Jack Wisdom on 1 May 1907, in Palo Pinto, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States in 1920.
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- Tildy Wisdom in household of J W Wisdom, "United States Census, 1920"
- Matilda in entry for Mable Lee, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
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.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Sicard , reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending. Compare Secore .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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