When Edward Wayne Whitlock was born on 4 November 1885, in Cairo, Alexander, Illinois, United States, his father, John William S. Whitlock, was 31 and his mother, Martha Virginia Connell, was 30. He married Virginia Tennessee Lindsey on 9 October 1920, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 15 October 1951, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Rose Hill, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Protesting to lower the mandated work day to eight hours, a labor rally, near Haymarket Square in Chicago, turned into a riot after an individual threw a bomb at police. As a result, eight people were killed and many more injured. The Haymarket Riot is viewed as a labor movement setback in America.
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
English:
nickname for someone with white or fair hair, from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lock ‘lock (of hair)’ (Old English loc). Compare Sherlock .
from the Middle English personal name Whitlak (Old English Wihtlāc, from wiht ‘creature’ + lāc ‘sport, game’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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