When Harry Vere Bixby was born on 2 September 1885, in Garden City Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States, his father, Henry Ward Bixby, was 27 and his mother, Julia Marvin Thurston, was 21. He married Laura Ann Tressler on 19 November 1907, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Beaverton, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 41, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died in 1958, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
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.
English (Suffolk and Essex): habitational name, perhaps from Bittesby in Leicestershire. The village was depopulated in 1494 to make way for sheep pastures. The pronunciation of the surname as Bekysby (1459) and Bixby (1539) would have arisen when bearers of the name migrated away from Leicestershire. Alternatively, Bixby might be an altered form of Bigby or Bixley, a Suffolk name.
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