Brief Life History of Eugene Livingston
When Eugene Livingston West was born on 26 October 1866, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Murray West, was 33 and his mother, Flavilla Knowles, was 27. He married Annie S. Jones on 2 May 1889, in Rockland, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, United States in 1950.
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- Eugene L West, "United States 1950 Census"
- West, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
- Eugene L Weet, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1867 · The Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913.
1897 · The Union Loop Elevated
The Loop was born in political scandal that combined the three elevated railways around Chicago and combined them into one. The scandal was to raise the fares for commuters so state legislators could receive more money while in office.
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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