Brief Life History of Sam Claude
When Sam Claude Gilpin was born on 12 November 1889, in Albany, Clinton, Kentucky, United States, his father, William A. Gilpin, was 24 and his mother, Lue B. Marlow, was 21. He married Rosie May Allen on 31 August 1930, in Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States. He lived in Seneca - Cayuga Reservation, Indian Territory, United States in 1900 and Election District 12 Reliance, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 23 April 1943, in Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Rock Springs Cemetery, Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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- Sam Gilpin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sam C. Gilpin, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Sam C Gilpin, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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
Historical Boundaries: 1872: Sweetwater, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained. This surname is found mainly in Devon and Yorkshire.
Irish (Connacht): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn ‘son of the fair-haired lad’. In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin (see 1 above).
History: A family of this name (see 1 above) is recorded in the 13th century in south Westmorland; it apparently gave its name to the River Gilpin there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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