Brief Life History of Arthur Biddle
When Arthur Biddle Ayer was born on 14 December 1890, in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States, his father, John William Ayer, was 24 and his mother, Anna Frances Ruby, was 22. He married Eunice Ethyl Baird on 4 September 1917, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Verona, Sutter, California, United States in 1920 and Magisterial District 5 Vanover, Daviess, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 18 July 1976, in Daviess, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States.
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- Author Ayer in household of Elizabeth F Ruby, "United States Census, 1900"
- Arthur Ayer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Arthur Biddle Ayer, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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.
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 and Scottish: from Middle English eir, eyr ‘heir’ (Anglo-Norman French heyr, Old French (h)eir, Latin heres). Forms such as Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with great expectations.
English: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Aier (ancient Germanic Agihari).
English: variant of Hair .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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