Brief Life History of Lula Fay
When Lula Fay Powers was born in November 1883, in Ellis, Texas, United States, her father, Jordan Powers, was 64 and her mother, Susan Ann Smith, was 38. She married Alexander Jackson Jordan on 30 January 1901, in Ellis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 April 1921, in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States, at the age of 37.
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Sources (12)
- Lulu F Powers in household of Susan A Powers, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lula Fay Powers, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Lulu Jay Jordan, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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