Brief Life History of Lydia Sue
When Lydia Sue Brightbill was born in 1888, in Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, United States, her father, Reuben Enos Brightbill, was 32 and her mother, Jane Eliza Hauck, was 28. She married James Jackson on 15 December 1909, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Greene Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 3 July 1923, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Fresno, California, United States.
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- Lydia Jackson in household of James Jackson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lydia Sue Brightbill - birth: 15 October 1888; Pennsylvania, United States
- Lydia Brightbill, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Brechbühl (see Brechbill ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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