Brief Life History of Roy Burcham
When Roy Burcham Newman was born on 19 February 1888, in Edwards, Benton, Missouri, United States, his father, David I. Newman, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Lucinda Burks, was 33. He married Minnie Zoe Keown on 2 March 1912, in Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States. He lived in Pajaro, Monterey, California, United States in 1920 and Vallejo, Solano, California, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1908.
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- Roy B Newman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Roy Burcham Mewman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
- Roy B Newman, "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914"
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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.
1919 · The Eighteenth 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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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