Martha Lawyer

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Lawyer was born in 1882, in Daviess, Indiana, United States, her father, John Albert Lawyer, was 34 and her mother, Mahulda Jane Wheeler, was 24.

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John Albert Lawyer
1848–1929
Mahulda Jane Wheeler
1858–1935
John B. Lawyer
1880–1911
Martha Lawyer
1882–
Maggie Lawyer
1884–
Joseph Lawyer
1885–
Flora Lawyer
1887–1905
Raleigh B. Lawyer
1889–1965
Austin Lawyer Sr
1890–1922
Leonard J. Lawyer
1893–1963
Pearl Iva Lawyer
1897–1968
Anna Hazel Lawyer
1898–1966
McKinley Lawyer
1900–1922
Charles Vernal Lawyer
1901–1960
Ralph N Lawyer
1905–1983

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    World Events (3)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1886

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

    The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

    Name Meaning

    Anglicized form of Flemish De Lauwer, an occupational name for a tanner, from the Dutch verb looien ‘to tan’, or an occupational name for a lawyer.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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