Brief Life History of Anna Carrie
When Anna Carrie Nelson was born on 29 February 1888, in Leona, Doniphan, Kansas, United States, her father, Louis Nelson, was 37 and her mother, Susan Melvina Cowger, was 35. She lived in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Hiawatha Township, Brown, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 24 August 1976, in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Oregon, Holt, Missouri, United States.
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- Anna C Jackson, "United States Census, 1950"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Carrie Nelson - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Anna (Annie) Carrie Nelson
- Annie Caroline Nelson Jackson, "Find a Grave Index"
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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 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
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: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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