Brief Life History of Elsie Ione
When Elsie Ione Peak was born on 25 October 1889, in Cowles, Webster, Nebraska, United States, her father, John Homer Peak, was 22 and her mother, Cora Francelia Wells, was 20. She married Ruben Jack Smeaton on 24 March 1910, in Fresno, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Judicial Township 5, Fresno, California, United States for about 20 years and Fresno, Fresno, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 2 April 1977, in Selma, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in West Cemetery, Selma, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Elsie I Smeaton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Elsie Peak, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Elsie I Smeaton, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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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.
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in different parts of England named in Old English with pēac ‘hill, knoll, peak’, includingPeak (Hill) in Sidmouth (Devon), East and West Peek in Luffincot (Devon), a minor locality in Chiddingly (Sussex) once called Peke (now Peke's House), and the Peak District, an area of rugged hills in northwest Derbyshire and adjacent counties.
English: possibly a nickname from the Middle English word in 1 above, denoting a stout, thick-set man.
English: shortened form of Peacock .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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