Brief Life History of Lillian E.
When Lillian E. Gibbs was born in 1885, in Evansville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Alfred Frank Gibbs, was 29 and her mother, Ella Alida Van Patten, was 27. She lived in Union, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1920. She died in 1961, at the age of 76.
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Sources (7)
- Lillian E Gibbs, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lillian E Gibbs, "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907"
- Lillian E Gibbs, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
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: from the common medieval personal name Gibb (see Gibb ), a pet form of Gilbert , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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