Brief Life History of James H Chambera
When James H Chambera Cochran was born on 24 March 1889, in Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Alva Cochran, was 51 and his mother, Martha Margaret Jackson, was 45. He lived in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 15 November 1942, at the age of 53, and was buried in Apollo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- James H C Cochran, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: James H. Cochran - Government record: Census record: birth: 24 March 1889; Pennsylvania, United States
- James H C Cochran, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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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.
1900 · First U.S. Navy Submarine Constructed
The USS Holland was the first commissioned submarine. It was named after John Philip Holland. It had been laid down in November of 1896 and launched a year later. It was acquired and commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned five years later. The submarine was finally sold in 1913 and put on display until it was scrapped in 1932.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire): habitational name from the lands of Cochrane in the parish of Paisley, near Glasgow. The placename is of uncertain derivation, perhaps from Welsh coch ‘red’, although this etymology is not supported by the early spelling Coueran.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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