Brief Life History of Olive Maria
When Olive Maria Woodyard was born on 20 November 1903, in Hamilton, Indiana, United States, her father, George Woodyard, was 38 and her mother, Mary Sophia Randall, was 33. She died on 4 April 1906, in her hometown, at the age of 2.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Olive Maria Woodyard - Published information: birth-name: Olive Maria Woodyard
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): topographic or occupational name from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + yerde ‘yard’ (Old English wudu + geard), for a person who lived or worked at an enclosure in which wood was chopped or stored.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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