Brief Life History of Ada Matilda
When Ada Matilda Horton was born on 25 March 1888, in White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States, her father, Mortimer Stillwell Horton, was 24 and her mother, Catherine Rheinfrank, was 32. She married Robert Greenlaw Milne on 15 September 1909, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in New York City, New York, United States in 1915 and Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1930. She died on 19 July 1957, in New York, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Ada Milne in household of Robert Milne, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ada Matilda Horton, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Ada M Horton in entry for Roberta C Beehler, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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