Brief Life History of William Ernest
When William Ernest Babikow Jr. was born on 3 August 1888, in Rossville, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, William Ernest Babikow, was 31 and his mother, Sophia Baker, was 34. He married Florence Minerva Fitch in 1915, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in District 14 Election District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States for about 40 years and Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1950. He died on 27 September 1955, at the age of 67, and was buried in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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- William E Babikow, "United States Census, 1950"
- William Ernest Babikow, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- William Earnest Babikow, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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
The surname could come from the word babik — «a philanderer, lover of women, pussy-hound» in the Vologda dialects or «a stick for playing ball, lapta, kaslo» in the Orenburg dialects. Along with that, the word babikov could be used in a sense of «belonging to a baba (woman or grandmother)». A male non-canonical nickname Baba dating back to the Turkic «father» or «grandfather» has been known since the 14th century.
The surname is common in Russia (mostly in the Khabarovsk Territory, in the Volgograd and Chelyabinsk Regions). It is also found in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
In sources of the 16th century, a tax collector Ivan Babikov from the Vladimir County (1542 and 1556) and a landowner Savely Babikov from Arzamas (1590), were mentioned. In the 17th century documents, there was a landowner Zakhar Babikov from the Kaminski Stan, the Ryazan County (1628); Yarofeyko Babikov, a son of Pimin, listed as a subordinate soldier of the Permogorsk Volost in the Ustyuzhna County (1654 through 1669). In 1679, Davydko Babikov, a son of Semyon (with his children Potapko, Piminko, Mishka, Ganka, Matyushka, Lavrushko, and grandchildren Larka, Levka, Parfenko); Fedotko Babikov, a son of Foty (with his children Luchka and Larionka); landless peasants Denisko Babikov and Ivashko Babikov, sons of Ivan, were recorded in the census book of the Kungur County Russian population. A landless peasant in the Mekhonsky prison, Ivan Babikov, a son of Vasily, appeared in the census book of the Tobolsk County from 1719. In 1723, a peasant of the Resurrection Monastery in the Moscow Province Semyon Babikov, a son of Prokop, was registered. In 1822, the surname was found among factories artisans and serfs (including the old believers) of the Yekaterinburg County.
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