Brief Life History of Garret Carlton
When Garret Carlton Baird was born on 18 August 1906, in Middlebush, Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Vredenburg Baird, was 36 and his mother, Anna Matilda Van Middlesworth, was 35. He married Anna H Angeloni on 16 September 1933, in Tenafly, Bergen, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States for about 20 years and Metuchen, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States in 1940. He died on 18 February 1979, in New Brunswick, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Middlebush, Franklin Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
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- Garrett C Baird, "New Jersey State Census, 1915"
- Garrett Baird, "United States Census, 1940"
- Garrett C Baird in household of John B V Baird, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1911
The Standard Oil Company had reached a point of almost complete monopoly, managing over 90% of oil flows in the United States. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was a large, integrated association that produced, transported, refined, and marketed the product. In 1911, the Supreme Court declared that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, it was split into 34 smaller companies.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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