Brief Life History of Genevieve Phoebe
When Genevieve Phoebe Shrike was born on 16 December 1905, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, her father, George Wolsley Shrike, was 23 and her mother, Phoebe N Bertholf, was 23. She married Francis Nicholas Nolan on 15 August 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. She lived in St. Louis Township, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 12 November 1960, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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- Genevieve P Nolan, "United States 1950 Census"
- Genevieve Phoebe Shrike Nolan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Geneveive P Nolan in entry for Frances Nicholas Nolan, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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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.
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schreck or Schröck (see Schrock ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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