Brief Life History of Asa Roy
When Asa Roy Fairchild was born on 13 May 1883, in Blount Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, his father, Francis Milton Fairchild, was 35 and his mother, Ina Belle Fitzgerald, was 31. He married Alta Ida White on 30 September 1906, in Sac City, Sac, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Sansarc Township, Stanley, South Dakota, United States in 1940 and Stanley, South Dakota, United States in 1945. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 13 March 1965, in South Dakota, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ida Grove, Ida, Iowa, United States.
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- A Roy Fairchild, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
- Roy A. Fairchild, "Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Asa Roy Fairchild, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1884 · There is now a Capital Building
The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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