Brief Life History of Forrest Glen
When Forrest Glen Weaver was born on 19 January 1886, in McKean, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Rowland Weaver, was 31 and his mother, Alice Bell Brimhall, was 25. He married Sara Goodell Lowell on 3 November 1909, in McKean Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Watertown Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 August 1955, in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Wacousta Cemetery, Wacousta, Watertown Township, Clinton, Michigan, United States.
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- Forest G Weaver, "United States Census, 1910"
- Forrest G. Weaver, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Forest Glenn Weaver, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain
"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."
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.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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