Jasper Waugh

Brief Life History of Jasper

When Jasper Waugh was born in 1905, in Mill Point, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States, his father, John A Waugh, was 42 and his mother, Virginia F Gibson, was 42. He lived in Little Levels District, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States in 1910.

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Family Time Line

John A Waugh
1863–1912
Virginia F Gibson
1863–1917
Levie Jane Waugh
1886–1969
Edgar Harrison Waugh
1889–1936
Fred James Waugh
1891–1947
Grace Mary Waugh
1893–1966
Mamie Florence Waugh
1895–1906
Ethel A. Waugh
1895–
Joe Waugh
1897–
Dock Winters Waugh
1898–1951
Lydia or Lula Waugh
1901–1959
Jasper Waugh
1905–

Sources (1)

  • Joseph E Waugh in household of John A Waugh, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

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.

1906 · Licencing Butchers

A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname from Middle English wale ‘foreigner, Britone’ (in a form reflecting the final consonant of Anglian Old English walh), a word applied by the Northumbrians to Strathclyde Britons, in the same way that Gaelic Gall was applied by Highlanders to Lowlanders. The word usually denoted speakers of Celtic or Romance languages.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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