Brief Life History of Lester William
When Lester William Jack was born on 12 December 1888, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, his father, Henry William Jack, was 27 and his mother, Zedivia Vera Chute, was 23. He married Lucy Amanda Blair on 15 June 1910, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 7 October 1963, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Downey District Cemetery, Downey, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Lester W Jack in household of Frank B Deuball, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lester William Jack, "Minnesota Births and Christenings, 1840-1980"
- Lester W Jack, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Jak, Jakke, Jagge, Jake, Jeke, Jegge, a Picard-Flemish denasalized form of Old Picard and Middle Dutch Janke, a pet form of Jan (see John ). It was introduced by Flemings and Picards into Norman and Anglo-Norman usage, whence it became a common English and Scottish pet form of John. Although the surname is mainly Scottish in distribution, it also occurs in England, though the more common form there is Jackson .
English: occasionally perhaps from a Middle English borrowing of the Old French personal name Jacque(s) (James). However, it is uncertain whether English Jack was ever used as an alternative to James.
Native American (e.g. Navajo): adoption of the English personal name Jack (see 1 above) as a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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