Brief Life History of George William
When George William Herwehe was born on 25 September 1886, in Monroe, Jasper, Iowa, United States, his father, Henry Herwehe, was 28 and his mother, Anna Katherine Wittmer, was 22. He married Maude Daisy Sheeler on 10 January 1911, in Monroe, Jasper, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Fairview Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States for about 20 years and Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 December 1959, at the age of 73, and was buried in Monroe, Jasper, Iowa, United States.
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- George Herwehe, "United States Census, 1920"
- George Herwehe, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- George Herwehe, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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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 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
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
Via Old French and Latin, from Greek Georgios (a derivative of geōrgos ‘farmer’, from gē ‘earth’ + ergein ‘to work’). This was the name of several early saints, including the shadowy figure who is now the patron of England (as well as of Germany and Portugal). If the saint existed at all, he was perhaps martyred in Palestine in the persecutions of Christians instigated by the Emperor Diocletian at the beginning of the 4th century. The popular legend in which the hero slays a dragon is a medieval Italian invention. He was for a long time a more important saint in the Orthodox Church than in the West, and the name was not much used in England during the Middle Ages, even after St George came to be regarded as the patron of England in the 14th century. Its use increased from the 1400s, and by 1500 it was regularly among the most popular male names. This popularity was reinforced when George I came to the throne in 1714 , bringing this name with him from Germany. It has been one of the most popular English boys' names ever since.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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