Brief Life History of Raymond Earl
When Raymond Earl Poling was born on 3 October 1888, in Newburg, Preston, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Poling, was 39 and his mother, Zeporah Piles, was 33. He married Lillian S Gossett on 16 December 1913, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Lyon District, Preston, West Virginia, United States in 1910 and Union District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 15 January 1936, in Brownsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Jefferson Cemetery, Jefferson, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Raymond E Poling in household of John Poling, "United States Census, 1910"
- Raymon E. Poling, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Raymond Earl Poling, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
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.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Probably from German habitational name from Polling (Bavaria, Austria).
English (Sussex and Hampshire) and Irish: variant of either Poland or Powling, either a habitational name from Poling in Sussex, or a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English polling, a derivative of Middle English polle ‘head, hair of the head’ or pollen ‘to cut (hair), shave (someone's head)’ + the noun-forming suffix -ing. It may have been given to someone with a distinctive head of hair or who had a shaven head.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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