Brief Life History of Hazel
When Hazel Knowlton was born on 30 April 1887, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Knowlton Jr, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Lavina Clark, was 20. She married Lorenzo Craig Ball on 1 October 1913, in Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Menan Election Precinct, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 3 March 1956, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Lewisville Cemetery, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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- Hazel K Ball, "United States 1950 Census"
- Hazel Knowlton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Hazel K Ball, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
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.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
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.
Name Meaning
English (Hampshire): habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent. Both are named from Old English cnoll ‘knoll, hilltop’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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