Brief Life History of Gladys Amelia
When Gladys Amelia Barron was born on 3 September 1892, in Brazos, Texas, United States, her father, Pinkney Lee Barron, was 30 and her mother, Selena Sara Buchanan, was 23. She had at least 2 daughters with Hugh Shelton Dowling. She lived in Justice Precinct 7, Brazos, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 6, Nueces, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 23 November 1978, in Brazos, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Wellborn Cemetery, College Station, Brazos, Texas, United States.
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- Gladys Dowling, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gladys Dowling, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"
- Gladys Dowling, "United States Census, 1930"
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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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Francisco, Carlos, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Ruben, Alfredo, Luis.
Scottish: status name from Scots baron, which in the Highlands denoted a small proprietary landholder. In Angus it alluded specifically to a tenant of one of the small baronies attached to the Abbey of Coupar Angus. The surname was taken by Scottish migrants to Ulster. Compare Baron .
Scottish: shortened form of McBarron, from Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bharain ‘son of the baron’. See Baron and 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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