Brief Life History of Helen
When Helen Hosmer was born on 31 January 1888, in Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Mathew Stewart Hosmer, was 31 and her mother, Mary Anna MacDonald, was 29. She married John Henry McCorry on 2 June 1916, in Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Natrona, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1930. She died in 1936, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Ashland, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Helen McCorry in household of John McCorry, "United States Census, 1920"
- Helen Hosmer McCorry birth and death
- Helen Hosmir, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"
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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
Historical Boundaries 1865: Dakota Territory, United States 1867: Laramie, Dakota Territory, United States 1868: Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States 1868: Carbon, Wyoming Territory, United States 1888: Natrona, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Natrona, Wyoming, United States
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
English (Kent): variant of Osmer , with excrescent initial H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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