Brief Life History of Alto Poyner
When Alto Poyner Fain was born on 4 October 1905, in Alabama, United States, his father, Frensey Franklin Fain, was 26 and his mother, Clara Dale Matthews, was 21. He married Nuna Peacock on 25 June 1936, in Alabama, United States. He died on 14 June 1989, in Graceville, Jackson, Florida, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Hartford, Geneva, Alabama, United States.
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- Poyner Fain, "United States Census, 1940"
- Alto Poyner Fain, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alto P Fain, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
1914 · Florida Involvement in World War I
Florida contributed to World War I in several ways. The state's open land and warm climate made for a great military training location. Additional technological and agricultural developments took place in Florida as well. Roughly 42,030 Floridians joined the troops during 1917 and 1918.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Fein .
English: variant of Fayne .
Possibly also French: habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names from Old French fain ‘swamp’ or, in some cases, Latin fanum ‘temple’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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