Brief Life History of William Alton
When William Alton Farver was born on 18 April 1882, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Clark Farver, was 45 and his mother, Mary Catherine Arnwine, was 39. He married Virginia Gertrude Long on 16 April 1902, in Luzerne, Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ross Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Sweet Valley, Ross Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died on 10 February 1959, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bloomingdale Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Ross Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- William A Farver in household of Robert G Shaw, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Alton Farver - Published information: birth-name: William Alton Farver
- Wm Farver, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
Danish: occupational name for a dyer, from farve ‘color’.
Probably an Americanized form of German Farwer, a variant of Farber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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