Brief Life History of Willard
When Willard Downey was born on 18 November 1904, in Liberty Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States, his father, Frank Jefferson Downey, was 43 and his mother, Elizabeth Nash, was 38. He married Thelma Ruth House on 16 July 1928, in Jackson, Ohio, United States. He lived in Jackson Township, Coshocton, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 2 May 1962, in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States.
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- Willard Downey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Willard Downey, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Willard Downey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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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.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dúnadhaigh ‘descendant of Dúnadhach’, a personal name meaning ‘fortress-holder’ (from dún ‘fortress, fortified hill’).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh, or of Mac Giolla Dhomnaigh (see Maloney ).
Scottish: habitational name from the Scottish barony of Downie or Duny in the parish of Monikie in Angus (on Tayside), named from Gaelic dùn ‘hill’ + the locative suffix -ach.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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