Brief Life History of Mary Esther
When Mary Esther Seybold was born on 2 November 1887, in Waveland, Brown Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States, her father, George Seybold, was 35 and her mother, Wilhelmina Priscilla Peterson, was 31. She married Forrest Glenn Farr on 29 December 1911, in Kosciusko, Washington Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Darlington, Franklin Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 August 1965, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Mary E Farr, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mary Esther Seybold, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Mary Seybold in entry for Marjorie Farr, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
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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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
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.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Seibold .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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