Brief Life History of Edward Casper
When Edward Casper Lanno was born on 14 October 1887, in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Casper Lanno, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Wilford, was 23. He married Rosa Frances Benz on 14 April 1915, in Hamburg, Hamburg, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He registered for military service in 1912. He died on 23 September 1959, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, at the age of 71.
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- Edward C Lamnos, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Casper Lanno - Government record: birth-name: Edward Casper Lanno
- Edward C Lanna, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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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.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
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
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Lars, Soren. Spanish Armida, Felipe, Jose, Juanita, Luis.
Norwegian (Langø): older form of Langøy, a habitational name from any of several farmsteads so named, from lang ‘long’ + øy ‘island’.
Hispanic (mainly Mexico): possibly an altered form of Spanish Langa , with the male suffix -o for matching with the sex of the bearer of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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