George E Dill

Brief Life History of George E

When George E Dill was born on 9 April 1887, in Gibson, Indiana, United States, his father, John A Dill, was 26 and his mother, Laura Ermin Huffman, was 25. He married Alma Katharina Heilmann on 4 September 1907, in Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Oakland City, Columbia Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Hillsborough, Florida, United States in 1920. He died on 4 April 1955, in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

George E Dill
1887–1955
Alma Katharina Heilmann
1889–1978
Marriage: 4 September 1907
Alvis John Dill
1908–1950
Earl Taylor
–
Guy Oliver
–

Sources (24)

  • George Dill, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George Dill - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: George Dill
  • George W Dill, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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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

As a result of economic chaos in their country, many families from Greece sent their sons on migrations to America. They found new homes in locations like New York, Chicago, Nevada, Utah, California, and Florida. The youths in Florida primarily earned income through fishing and sponge diving.

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

German: from a pet form of the personal name Dietrich .

German: metonymic occupational name for a sawyer, from Middle High German dill(e) ‘(floor)board’.

German: habitational name from Dill (Rhineland-Palatinate) or Dille (Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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