Brief Life History of Daniel Mason
When Daniel Mason Woolley was born on 27 June 1888, in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, Francis Marion Woolley, was 29 and his mother, Cecelia Maria Taylor, was 22. He married Cora Belle Voorhees in October 1914. He lived in Mediapolis, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 1 May 1946, at the age of 57, and was buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
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- Dan M Woolley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Daniel Marcus Wasley, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Dan Woolley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wulf ‘wolf’ + lēah ‘wood, clearing’, such as Woolley (Huntingdonshire, Yorkshire), Woolley in Bovey Tracy (Devon), and Woolley in Bradford on Avon (Wiltshire).
Irish (Cavan): in Ireland, according to Woulfe, when this is not the English name, it has been adopted for Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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