Brief Life History of Opal Flossie
When Opal Flossie Lewis was born on 20 March 1889, in Wilson, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States, her father, Frederic Reef Lewis, was 26 and her mother, Dora Alice Haffa, was 22. She married Leonard James Ashton in 1913, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wilson Township, Ellsworth, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 23 April 1978, in Newton, Harvey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Gypsum Hill Cemetery, Salina, Saline, Kansas, United States.
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- Opal F Ashton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Opal Ashton, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Opal Ashton in entry for Leon L Ashton, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
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.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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