Brief Life History of Charles
When Charles Graves Jr was born on 8 July 1889, in Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States, his father, Charles Graves, was 32 and his mother, Eva Mary Ward, was 24. He married Irene Tyler about 1908, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Klamath Falls, Klamath, Oregon, United States in 1910 and Lakeview, Lake, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 24 January 1951, in Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States.
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- Charles Graves Jr. in household of Charles Graves, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles Graves - Company record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 8 July 1889; Bend, Deschutes, Oregon, United States
- Charles Graves, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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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.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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