Brief Life History of Paul
When Paul Canaday was born on 25 September 1890, in Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States, his father, William Jefferson Canaday, was 50 and his mother, Ida Elizabeth Harwood, was 26. He married Beulah Gertrude Blackmon on 25 July 1926, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Cooper Township, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Santa Ana Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 20 July 1950, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States.
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- Paul Canaday in household of Ida E Canaday, "United States Census, 1920"
- Paul Canaday, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Paul Canaday, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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
Altered form of Irish and Scottish Kennedy . Compare Canada and Cannaday .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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