Brief Life History of Clifford Clay
When Clifford Clay West was born on 3 February 1888, in Washington, Washington, Nebraska, United States, his father, Robert L West, was 28 and his mother, Sarah M. Thompson, was 22. He married Dora Lovina Ellis on 8 July 1905, in Diller, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 1 years. He died on 9 June 1965, at the age of 77, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Clifford C West, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clay West, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Clifford Clay West, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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