Brief Life History of Alberta Elizabeth
When Alberta Elizabeth Lester was born on 9 December 1891, in Iredell, Bosque, Texas, United States, her father, Jonathan Franklin Lester, was 37 and her mother, Ida Luster Cowger, was 35. She married Stephen Beauregard Stroud about 1909, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Bosque, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 4, Somervell, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 16 January 1928, in Parnell, Hall, Texas, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Lakeview, Hall, Texas, United States.
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- Lizzie Lester in household of Frank Lester, "United States Census, 1910"
- Lizzie Lester, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Lizzie Lester Stroud, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Leicester, which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The placename derives from an Old English folk name Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman fortification’.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lestre in Normandy.
English and Scottish: variant of Lister .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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