Brief Life History of Virginia Carolina
When Virginia Carolina Kimmel was born on 25 December 1886, in Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United States, her father, John Columbus Kimmel Sr., was 35 and her mother, Virginia Carolina Lamb, was 26. She had at least 1 son with Walter George Smauder. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 21 February 1977, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Virginia C Kimmel in household of Kinnell, "United States Census, 1900"
- Virginia Carolina Kimmel, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Virginia Carolina Kimmel Smauder, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Dutch: from Middle High German kumin, German Kümmel ‘caraway’ (related to Latin cuminum, a word of Oriental origin, like the plant itself), hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer, literally a supplier of caraway seeds.
English (London): variant of Kemble and Kimble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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