Adalade Boatright

1863–
Texas, United States

The Life Summary of Adalade

When Adalade Boatright was born in 1863, in Texas, United States, her father, Henry Boatright, was 30 and her mother, Amanda Bridges, was 26.

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Family Time Line

Henry Boatright
1833–1872
Amanda Bridges
1837–
Harriett Boatright
1854–1934
Wiley N Boatwright
1856–1936
Amy Anna Boatright
1858–
Wade Henry Boatright
1862–1938
Adalade Boatright
1863–
Henry Burr Boatright
1865–

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World Events (8)

1863
Age 0
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
Age 2
"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Age 31
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 (London): variant of Boatwright .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Boatwright

Sources (1)

  • Adalade Boatright in household of H Boatright, "United States Census, 1870"

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