Jordan

Brief Life History of Jordan

When Jordan was born in 1890, in Jackson Township, Noble, Ohio, United States, his father, John Being Jordan, was 27 and his mother, Caroline Alwilda Tilton, was 27. He died before 1900.

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Family Time Line

John Being Jordan
1863–1942
Caroline Alwilda Tilton
1863–1945
Jordan
1890–1900
Flossie Mae Jordan
1891–1965
Perry G. Jordan
1893–1969
Murvel Pinkerton Jordan
1895–1955
Charles W Jordan
1898–1978
Helma E Jordan
1900–1971
Harley Jordan
1903–1905
Lera Delena Jordan
1908–1945

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    World Events (3)

    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.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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