Brief Life History of Oliver
Oliver Sacks was born on 8 September 1886, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States as the son of Gunson Sacks and Ray Ryback. He married Hester Bernice Young on 23 November 1907, in Tecumseh, Johnson, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 September 1972, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Oliver Lachs, "United States Census, 1910"
- Oliver Sacks, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Oliver Sacks, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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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.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Hershel, Isadore, Arie, Aron, Avraham, Avram, Bracha, Emanuel, Hyman, Meir.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Sachs .
English: nickname from Middle English sak, sach ‘sack, sackcloth’, with post-medieval excrescent -s, probably given to someone who wore an undergarment of sackcloth as a sign of mourning or as a penance, or perhaps given to a maker of sacks or sackcloth (compare Saker ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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