Brief Life History of Claude Earl
When Claude Earl Slick was born on 21 October 1889, in Ridgeville, Franklin Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, his father, Samuel E. Slick, was 24 and his mother, Linnie Jane Ryan, was 19. He married Abbigail Abbie on 14 May 1918, in Branch, Michigan, United States. He lived in Greene Township, Jay, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Portland, Wayne Township, Jay, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died in 1962, at the age of 73.
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- Claude Slick, "United States Census, 1930"
- Claude Slick, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Claude E Slick, "United States Census, 1920"
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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.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Possibly an Americanized form of German Schlick .
English: nickname from Middle English slik, sliche, sleke (Old English slice) ‘sleek, plump, fat’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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