Brief Life History of Alexander Thomas
When Alexander Thomas Herron was born in 1887, in Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Herron, was 29 and his mother, Lucy Long Brocher, was 33. He married Agnes Ellen Manderson on 27 August 1914. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States in 1930. He died on 3 December 1982, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 95.
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- Alexander Herron, "United States Census, 1930"
- Alexander T Herron, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Alexander Thomas Herron, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Harome (North Yorkshire), from Old English (æt thǣm) hārum ‘at the (gray) stones’, dative plural of hār ‘gray, stone’.
English and Scottish: nickname probably for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Old French hairon ‘heron’, Anglo-Norman French heron, Middle English heiroun, heyron, herne, heron. Compare Hearn and Heron .
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from (Le) Héron in France (Seine-Maritime).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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