Brief Life History of Mary Bess
When Mary Bess West was born on 16 August 1887, in Ralls, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Peyton West, was 26 and her mother, Julia Ann Shulse, was 27. She lived in Center, Ralls, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 22 August 1961, at the age of 74, and was buried in Olivet Cemetery, Center Township, Ralls, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Bessie Shulse, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary B West - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Mary B West
- Bess West Shulse, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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