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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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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