Brief Life History of Bessie Jane
When Bessie Jane Rogers was born on 13 May 1904, in Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, United States, her father, George Henry Rogers, was 22 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Legg, was 20. She married Charles Raymond Hardin on 3 February 1920, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 15, Sumner, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Civil District 11, Robertson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 26 November 1991, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Portland, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.
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- Bessie Hardin in household of Charlie Hardin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Bessie Rodgers, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Bessie R Hardin, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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