Brief Life History of Mabel A.
When Mabel A. Sparling was born on 17 June 1906, in Bible Grove, Clay, Illinois, United States, her father, James G. Sparling, was 36 and her mother, Myrtle E. Osterdock, was 24. She married Francis Marion Francis on 16 January 1922, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 7 July 1929, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Effingham City Cemetery, Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, United States.
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- Mabel Francis, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Mabel Francis, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
- Mable Francis in entry for Mr Russel J Francis, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Sperling, Sparling, Spirling, Spurling, Old English Spyrling. It has been suggested that this could be a metathesized and shortened form of Old English Sprytling, a derivative of Spryt(t)el, which forms the first element in the Lincolnshire placename Spridlington, though the etymology of the placename is uncertain.
English: from Middle English sperling, sparling, spirling, spurling, Anglo-Norman French esperlinge, Middle Dutch spierlinc, denoting some kind of small fish, perhaps smelt, sprat, pilchard, or whiting. It may have been given to someone who caught, sold, or resembled such fish.
Americanized form of German Sperling .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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