Brief Life History of George Wesley
George Wesley Emerson was born on 13 December 1886, in Hopwood, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of George Emerson and Matilda C. Mauler. He married Caroline Elizabeth Ramage on 24 December 1909, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Luzerne, Luzerne Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 13 March 1936, in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Hopwood Cemetery, Hopwood, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- George Emerson, "United States Census, 1910"
- George Emerson, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950" - Carrie E. Ramage
- George Emerson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Emery’, or possibly a variant of Emmeson, from the Middle English personal name Emmott + -son, with later shortening of the first element (see Emmett ). See Emery and compare Empson .
History: The poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) was born in Boston of a line on his father's side that can be traced back through preachers to the first colonial generation. The name Emerson was brought over from England independently by various other people, including a Thomas Emerson who settled at Ipswich, MA, c. 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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