Brief Life History of Flossie Viola
When Flossie Viola Middleton was born in July 1886, in Kansas, United States, her father, Nathan J. Middleton, was 52 and her mother, Margaret Henrietta Stipe, was 41. She married Sidney M. Ayers on 9 June 1908, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1920. She died on 3 June 1939, at the age of 52.
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- Flossie Ayers, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Flossie Viola Middleton - Government record: birth-name: Flossie Viola Middleton
- Flossie V Middleton in household of Nathan Middleton, "United States Census, 1900"
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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.
1893 · The Minnesota State Flag
The Flag of Minnesota was adopted on August 2 and consists of scenes from the seal of Minnesota. The flag has been modified over the years to be easier to manufacture.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’ (see Middlebrook ). Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄thhyll (from gem̄th ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin. This surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland.
History: A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681. The name has also been established in Ireland since at least the 13th century; its presence was reinforced by settlers in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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