Brief Life History of Edna S.
When Edna S. Albertson was born on 4 December 1887, in Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joseph Shoemaker Albertson, was 47 and her mother, Matilda Hess, was 39. She married Oscar Lee Watts on 9 December 1908, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Greenwood, Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 30 July 1959, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Greenwood Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Edna S Alberson in household of Matilda Alberson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edna S. Albertson - Government record: birth-name: Edna S. Albertson
- S. Edna Albertson Watts, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
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
Americanized form (and a rare Swedish variant) of Swedish Albertsson: patronymic from the personal name Albert .
Americanized form of North German, Norwegian, and Danish Albertsen , a cognate of 1 above.
English: patronymic, perhaps from the Middle English personal name Albert , but the distribution (Durham, London) suggests continental origin involving cognate elements (compare 1 above). Compare also Alberson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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