When Stephen Andrew Henson was born on 21 February 1883, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States, his father, Alferd Boyd Henson, was 29 and his mother, Seralda Jane Killian, was 31. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Grace Oliva Shirley. He lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940 and Glaize Township, Jackson, Arkansas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1917. He died in January 1965, in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in West Resthaven Park Cemetery, Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1891: Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Maricopa, Arizona, United States
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.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal names Hen, Hend(e), or Hendy (pet forms of Henry or Hendry ) + son. Compare Henderson . Hendy may also have been derived from Middle English hendy ‘courteous’, used as a personal name (see Hendy ).
English: perhaps sometimes a variant of Hainson, a patronymic meaning ‘son of Hayne’; see Hain 2.
English: in Devon, where patronymics in -son rarely originated, perhaps a variant of Hingston .
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