When Albina Marek was born on 2 January 1885, in Buckholts, Milam, Texas, United States, her father, Jozef Marek, was 40 and her mother, Alzbeta Holba, was 24. She married John Joseph Lesikar on 24 July 1902, in Cameron, Milam, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 4 August 1958, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Bellwood Memorial Park, Bell, Texas, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
Polish, Czech, and Slovak: from the personal name Marek, an equivalent of Latin Marcus (see Mark ).
Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Martin .
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