Brief Life History of Retha Geneva
When Retha Geneva Jones was born on 19 May 1886, in Mahaska, Iowa, United States, her father, Charles Clarence Jones, was 30 and her mother, Civilla Jane Williams, was 27. She died on 7 November 1893, at the age of 7, and was buried in Appel Cemetery, Mahaska, Iowa, United States.
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- Jones, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Retha Geneva Jones, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
- Legacy NFS Source: Retha Geneva Jones - Published information: Cemetery record or headstone: burial: 7 November 1893; Appel Cemetery, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
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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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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