Brief Life History of Robert Matlock
When Robert Matlock Reed Sr. was born on 6 November 1886, in Salem, New Jersey, United States, his father, Aubrey Cook Reed, was 31 and his mother, Caroline Henry, was 26. He married Elva Pearl Child on 11 November 1911, in Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and Camden, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States in 1940. He died on 27 July 1949, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Robert M Reed in household of Aubrey C Reed, "New Jersey State Census, 1905"
- Matlack Reed, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
- Robert Matlock Reed, "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.
1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
1903
The Public Service Corporation (PSC) was formed on May 6, 1903. The company began as a merger of a power company with four different trolley companies. PSC would ultimately combine with over 400 other companies.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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