When Leslie May Bosworth was born on 15 January 1889, in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Enos Jonathan Bosworth, was 30 and her mother, Laura Frances Manwaring, was 28. She married Lewis C L Holby on 11 January 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1930 and Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1940. She died on 29 June 1966, in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Beechwoods Cemetery, New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States.
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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.
The USS Holland was the first commissioned submarine. It was named after John Philip Holland. It had been laid down in November of 1896 and launched a year later. It was acquired and commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned five years later. The submarine was finally sold in 1913 and put on display until it was scrapped in 1932.
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
English: habitational name from Husbands Bosworth in Leicestershire (Baresworde in Domesday Book) from an Old English personal name, Bār (from bār ‘boar’) + worth ‘enclosure’, and possibly also from Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, so named with an Old English personal name Bōsa + Old English worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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