Brief Life History of Edward Lewis
When Edward Lewis Boothe was born on 10 July 1899, in Ellsworth, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States, his father, William E. Booth, was 32 and his mother, Edna Isabelle Guest, was 28. He married Mabel Elene Jenson on 8 October 1937, in Pierce, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Martell, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and Rural, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 21 September 1984, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ellsworth, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Edward Booth, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edward L Boothe, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
- Edward Louis Or Edward Lewis Boothe, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi
The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.
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English: variant of Booth .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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