Brief Life History of Melvin Martin
When Melvin Martin Peffer was born on 18 October 1885, in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Walter Searight Peffer, was 49 and his mother, Sarah Jane Mourer, was 34. He married Esther Christina Horn on 5 June 1917, in North Liberty, Johnson, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Johnson, Iowa, United States in 1935 and North Liberty, Johnson, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 17 November 1965, in Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in North Liberty, Johnson, Iowa, United States.
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- Melvin Peffer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Melvin Martin Peffer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Melvin Martin Peffer
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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
German: variant of Pfeffer . This name is found in the Rhine-Nassau area.
Scottish: topographic name from Peffer, the name of several small streams in Ross and Cromarty, Angus, Perths, East Lothian, and Midlothian. The stream-name derives from Cumbric or Pictish pevr ‘radiant, beautiful’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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