Brief Life History of Sylvester
When Sylvester Bailey was born on 27 January 1905, in Grady, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Robert Taylor Bailey, was 39 and his mother, Senura Adah Sitton, was 37. He died on 17 November 1926, in Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Curry, New Mexico, United States.
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- Silvestor Bailey in household of Rob* Bailey, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sylvester Bailey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Silvester Bailey in household of Robert T Bailey, "United States Census, 1920"
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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.
1909
Historical Boundaries: 1909: Curry, New Mexico Territory, United States 1912: Curry, New Mexico, United States
1912
New Mexico is the 47th state.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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