Brief Life History of Ola Z.
When Ola Z. Dickinson was born on 12 March 1888, in Michigan, United States, her father, Samuel Elmore Dickinson, was 33 and her mother, Martha Colman, was 30. She died on 2 May 1895, in Jackson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 7.
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- Ola Dickenson, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
- Ola Dickinson, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
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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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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