When Harriett "Hattie" Blanche Lovejoy was born on 7 August 1881, in La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Herbert Eugene Lovejoy, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Isabelle or Belle Gurr, was 21. She married Frank Alonzo Hoare on 18 November 1899, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Farmvale Township, Williams, North Dakota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 April 1975, in Williston, Wallette, Dakota Territory, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Williston, Wallette, Dakota Territory, 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.
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
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.
English: nickname from Middle English love(n), luve(n) ‘to love’ (Old English lufian) + Middle English joie ‘joy’ (Old French joie), possibly ironic.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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