Brief Life History of Frances Rebekah
When Frances Rebekah Justice was born on 10 April 1880, in Marrs Township, Posey, Indiana, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Justice, was 24 and her mother, Phebe Higdon, was 26. She lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Camarillo Judicial Township, Ventura, California, United States in 1940. She died on 5 May 1973, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Frances Dowle in household of Richard G Dowle, "United States Census, 1930"
- Francis Justice, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Frances Dowle, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English justice, justis(e) ‘judicial officer; judge’, Old French justise, justice ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right; court of justice; judge’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just ).
African American: adoption of the surname in 1 above, because of its literal meaning in English ‘uprightness; equity; vindication of right’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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