Brief Life History of Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie"
When Nancy Elizabeth "Lizzie" Shearrer was born on 2 December 1888, in Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri, United States, her father, John Eli Shearrer, was 28 and her mother, Rhoda Evaline Payne, was 26. She married Jacob George Washington DeSpain on 22 November 1907. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Greenville, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1900 and St. Francois Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 20 August 1916, in Silva, Wayne, Missouri, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Silva, Wayne, Missouri, United States.
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- Lizzie Spain in household of George D Spain, "United States Census, 1910"
- Nancy E. Shearrer DeSpain, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizzie Shearer in entry for Osa E Raglin, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: occupational name for a reaper of standing crops, a sheep shearer, or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherer(e) ‘shearer’, an agent derivative of Middle English schere(n) ‘to shear’. Middle English schere denoted shears and scissors of all sizes. Compare Sherman .
Americanized form of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Scherer or Scherrer , cognates of 1 above. Compare Sharrer .
Americanized form of German Scheurer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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