When Claire LeVern Elgin was born on 13 January 1905, in Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, United States, his father, Coleman M Elgin, was 36 and his mother, Lillian Lucina Gilliam, was 35. He married Sally Beatrice Sperry on 5 February 1944, in San Francisco, California, United States. He lived in San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1935 and San Francisco, California, United States in 1940. He died on 19 November 1976, in San Mateo, California, United States, at the age of 71.
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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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Scottish: habitational name from Elgin, a place in Morayshire, from Gaelic Eilginn, perhaps meaning ‘little Ireland’.
In some cases also Turkish: ornamental name or nickname from elgin ‘strange(r)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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