Brief Life History of Alice May
When Alice May Rightstine was born in 1867, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, John William Rightstine, was 35 and her mother, Mary Rebecca Ford, was 32. She married Richard Earl Farr on 27 April 1887, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 June 1951, in United States, at the age of 84.
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- Alice Farr in household of Richard Farr, "United States Census, 1910"
- Alice M Rightstine, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
- Alice May Farr, "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1874 · Secrete Service Headquarters
The Secrete Service Headquarters had been in NYC for four years. Finally in 1874, it returns to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
Originally a variant of Adelaide , representing an Old French spelling of a reduced form of Germanic Adalheidis. Alice and Adelaide were already regarded as distinct names in English during the medieval period. Alice enjoyed a surge of popularity in the 19th century and periods of favour ever since. It was the name of the central character of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ( 1865 ) and Through the Looking Glass ( 1872 ), who was based on his child friend Alice Liddell , daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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