Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Disney was born on 19 January 1904, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Disney Sr., was 39 and his mother, Sarah Jane Snyder, was 22. He married Dorothy Edna Johnston on 21 June 1927, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Springettsbury Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. He died in July 1972, in Camden, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Samuel Disney, "United States Census, 1930"
- Samuel Disney, Jr., "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- Disney, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951"
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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.
1911
The Standard Oil Company had reached a point of almost complete monopoly, managing over 90% of oil flows in the United States. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was a large, integrated association that produced, transported, refined, and marketed the product. In 1911, the Supreme Court declared that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, it was split into 34 smaller companies.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name with fused French preposition d(e), for someone from Isigny in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Isinius (a Latinized form of Gaulish Isina) + the locative suffix -acum.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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