Brief Life History of William P
When William P Whitaker was born in 1887, in Missouri, United States, his father, William Elijah Whitaker, was 42 and his mother, Judah Jane Tomlinson, was 35. He lived in Pineville Township, McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Pineville, McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1930.
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- William P Whitaker in household of William E Whitaker, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: William P Whitaker - Published information: birth-name: William P Whitaker
- William P Whitaker in household of William E Whitaker, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
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.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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