Brief Life History of Lillian Augusta
When Lillian Augusta Graham was born on 20 November 1886, in California, United States, her father, Christopher Alexander Graham, was 44 and her mother, Hannah L. Hogle, was 24. She married Irwin Winfield Davies on 19 January 1905, in El Dorado, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Center, Sacramento, California, United States in 1930 and Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California, United States in 1940. She died on 29 June 1970, in Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States.
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- Lillian A Goehring, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lillian A Graham, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Lillian A. Goehring, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Grantham in Lincolnshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Graham (as well as Grantham, Grandham, and Granham). See also Grantham .
Irish (especially Ulster): in Ireland Graham is generally the Scottish name, but it has additionally been adopted as an Anglicized form of both Ó Creacháin (see Crehan ) and Ó Gormghaile (see Gormley ).
History: The surname Graham was taken to Scotland at the beginning of the 12th century by the Norman baron William de Graham, holder of the manor of Grantham in Lincolnshire, from whom many if not all modern bearers are probably descended. The chief of Clan Graham is the Duke of Montrose.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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