Brief Life History of Vandalia
When Vandalia Westlake was born on 8 February 1888, in South Solon, Madison, Ohio, United States, her father, William Jefferson Westlake, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Shough, was 27. She married Ralph Leroy Gilbert on 7 June 1911, in Clark Township, Brown, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Madison Township, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Clark, Ohio, United States in 1969. She died on 17 April 1969, in South Charleston, Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, South Charleston, Clark, Ohio, United States.
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- Vannie W Gilbert, "United States 1950 Census"
- Westlake, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Vannie Westlake, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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.
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.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational name from Westlake in Ermington (Devon), or a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a stream (Middle English west ‘west’ + Middle English lak(e), from Old English lacu ‘stream, watercourse’). See Lake .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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