Brief Life History of George Purcell
When George Purcell Costigan Jr was born on 19 July 1870, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, George Purcell Costigan Sr, was 21 and his mother, Emilie C Sigur, was 16. He married Alice Maud Whittemore on 31 March 1896, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in New Trier Township, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States in 1930. He died on 18 November 1934, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.
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- George P Castigan Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
- George P Costeganp, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- George P Costigan, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · Montgomery Ward Inc.
Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward after he observed that rural customers often wanted goods from the city but couldn’t get them because of distance and cost. Ward believed that he could cut costs and make a wide variety of goods available to rural customers. Ward and two partners used $1,600 to issue the first catalog in August 1872 and with its publication, rural retailers considered Ward a threat and publicly burned his catalog. Despite the opposition, however, the business grew at a fast pace over the next several decades and was almost as successful as Sears. In April 1944, U.S. Army troops seized the Chicago offices of Montgomery Ward & Company after President Roosevelt ordered it because of an unsettled strike request made by the workers. Eight months later, with Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an executive order seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Caitlin, Donal.
Irish (Tipperary, Laois, and Kilkenny): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Oistigín ‘son of Oistigín’, a Gaelicized form of English Hodgkin, a pet form of Roger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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