When Bertha Hulda Seward was born on 12 December 1888, in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, her father, Albert Seward, was 31 and her mother, Huldah Frances Jones, was 30. She married Carl S. Blessing Sr. on 1 October 1915. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States for about 25 years and Columbus Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 13 December 1970, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Indiana, United States.
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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.
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.
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
English: from the Middle English personal name Seward (Old English Sǣweard, from sǣ ‘sea’ + weard ‘guard’).
English: from the Middle English personal name Siward, Seward (Old English Sigeweard, from sige ‘victory’ + weard ‘guard’, or the equivalent Old Norse Sigwarth).
Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Suaird, Ó Suairt, usually Anglicized as Sword .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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