Brief Life History of Leroy
When Leroy Casper was born on 23 December 1889, in Easton, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, his father, Hinman Grant Casper, was 21 and his mother, Ellen Riddle, was 20. He married Hazel Margaret Chancey about 1909, in Missouri, United States. He lived in Berry Township, Grant, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Carlisle Township, Kay, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 2 March 1971, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Leroy Casper, "United States Census, 1930"
- Leroy Casper, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Leroy Casper, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
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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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English and German: from the personal name Casper (in English this is a variant of Jasper , in German a variant of Kaspar and Kasper ), Latin Caspar(us), Gaspar(us). It is widely understood to be from the Persian word gazbar ‘treasurer’, and was ascribed by popular tradition in Europe to one of the three Magi (see also Baltazar and Melchior ) who according to the Bible (in which they are not named) brought gifts to the new-born Christ. Their supposed remains were taken to Cologne from Constantinople in the 12th century; hence the popularity of the name Casper and its variants in Germany and elsewhere in central Europe. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Kasper , Czech Kašpar (see Kaspar ), Croatian Gašpar (see Gaspar ), and Slovenian Gašper (see Gasper ), and also their derivatives.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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