When Mary Donnie Roberts was born on 7 June 1886, in Decatur, Wise, Texas, United States, her father, Francis Smith Roberts, was 33 and her mother, Bertha Gantner, was 25. She married William Dee Abla Sr on 23 April 1903, in Greer, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Hudspeth, Texas, United States in 1940 and Van Horn, Culberson, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 2 May 1968, in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States.
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The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
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.
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
English: from the personal name Robert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
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