When Roy George Wickizer was born on 13 August 1886, in Gilman, Iroquois, Illinois, United States, his father, James McCelland Wickizer, was 25 and his mother, Annetta Meadows, was 23. He married Beatrice Ann Peer on 24 December 1907. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cedar Creek Township, Lake, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States in 1920. He died on 3 September 1956, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70.
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The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.
Americanized form of German Weckesser . Compare Wickiser .
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