Brief Life History of Virgil Weaver
When Virgil Weaver Cantrell was born on 5 January 1896, in Wright, Missouri, United States, his father, Joseph Pealin Cantrell, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Caroline Cantrell, was 41. He married Della Frances Moore on 30 May 1916, in Webster, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Niangua, Webster, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Gasconade Township, Wright, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 14 January 1929, in Wright, Missouri, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Hensley Cemetery, Mansfield, Wright, Missouri, United States.
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- Vergil W Cantrell, "United States Census, 1920"
- V. W. Cantrell, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- Virgil Weaver Cantrell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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 (of Norman origin): from Old French canterelle, chanterelle, a diminutive of c(h)anteor ‘singer’. Compare Cantor . It was used as an alternative name for Chantecler the cock in medieval French versions of the folk story of Reynard the Fox (Le Roman de Renard).
English: sometimes a variant of Quintrell .
English: occasionally, perhaps a habitational name from Cantrell in Devon, early recorded as Canterhulle, named from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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