Brief Life History of Mabel Anna
When Mabel Anna Pratt was born on 1 June 1891, in Texas, United States, her father, George W. Pratt, was 58 and her mother, Addoliza B. Widowson, was 28. She married Lewis Elihu Best on 2 January 1910, in Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Orange Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States in 1900 and Orange, Orange, California, United States in 1910. She died on 23 March 1976, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84.
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- Mabel A Best, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mabel Anna Pratt - Government record: birth-name: Mabel A. Pratt
- Mabel A Pratt, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a clever trickster, from Middle English prat(te), pret ‘cunning, wily, astute’ (a derivative of Old English præt, pret ‘trickery, deception’, which is found in use as a byname in the 11th century). This surname is quite common in southeastern Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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