Brief Life History of Earl Maholn
When Earl Maholn Thurman was born on 23 January 1889, in Mound City Township, Linn, Kansas, United States, his father, Levi H. Thurman, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Jones, was 35. He married Martha Josephine Reinhart on 5 June 1912, in Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Potosi Township, Linn, Kansas, United States in 1910 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 9 October 1948, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 59.
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- Earl Maholu, "United States Census, 1920"
- Earl M Thurman, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Earl Maholn Thurman, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire): from the Middle English personal name T(h)urmund, Old Norse Thórmundr, composed of the elements Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + mundr ‘protection’. This personal name in was rare and Thurman may also have derived from the commoner Middle English personal name T(h)urmod, T(h)urmot by assimilation of the second theme -mod, -mot to the element -mund, which is found in several other compound personal names.
Americanized form of German Thurmann: habitational name for someone from a place called Thur (see Thur ).
Americanized form of German Thurmann: occupational name for a watchman, from Middle Low German torn(e)man (torn(e) ‘tower’) or Middle High German turn, turm ‘tower’ + man ‘man’. Compare Turman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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