Brief Life History of Lena Emma
When Lena Emma Shifferly was born on 24 January 1881, in West Lebanon, Wayne, Ohio, United States, her father, William Shifferly, was 35 and her mother, Mary Magdelena Wahley, was 25. She married Joseph Daniel Shammo on 21 December 1899, in Mount Eaton, Wayne, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Dalton, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Baughman Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1910. She died on 26 March 1910, in North Lawrence, Stark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Green Township, Wayne, Ohio, United States.
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- Lena Shammo in household of Joseph Shammo, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lena E Shifferly, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Lena Shamono, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Abstracted from various names ending in these syllables, such as Helena and Magdalena. In the United States it was particularly associated with the singer Lena Horne ( 1917–2010 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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