Brief Life History of Andrew Jackson
When Andrew Jackson Waters was born on 27 July 1873, in United States, his father, William Reeves Waters, was 19 and his mother, Elizabeth Easter Fowler, was 18. He married Minnie Lee Cook on 24 October 1897, in Fulton, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in District 823, Milton, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 June 1933, in Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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- Andrew J Waters, "United States Census, 1930"
- A. J. Waters, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Andrew Jackson Waters, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Water 1 and 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of various Gaelic names taken to be derived from uisce ‘water’ (see for example Haskin , Hiskey ).
History: James Waters came from London, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630. Lawrence Waters came to Charlestown, MA, from Lancaster, England, in 1675.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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