Brief Life History of Ralph Sandefer
When Ralph Sandefer Howell was born on 23 March 1887, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, his father, Morton Howell, was 23 and his mother, Addie M Sandefur, was 20. He married Grace Mabel Sturgeon on 17 June 1912, in Jackson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Brookfield Township, Linn, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Wayne Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1910. He died on 1 December 1957, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Ralph S Howell, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ralph Sandefer Howell, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
- Ralph S Howell, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
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
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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