When George W Whitaker was born on 5 September 1884, in Yadkinville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lorenzo Dowell Whitaker, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Lydia Gough, was 41. He married Lillian M Ruprecht on 11 December 1907, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Deep Creek Township, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 6 June 1917, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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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.
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.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
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