When Neva Catherine Pinson was born about 1888, in St. Francois, Missouri, United States, her father, James Milton Pinson, was 41 and her mother, Mary Alora Gibson, was 22. She married Edward Crane in December 1905.
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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.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
English: variant of Pinchin, from the Old French personal name Pinçun, Normano-Picard Pinchon, apparently derived from Old French pinçon ‘finch’.
French: from Old French pinson ‘finch’, a nickname applied to someone who whistles or sings like a finch or to a bright and cheerful person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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