Brief Life History of John Rockefeller
When John Rockefeller Prentice was born on 17 December 1902, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Ezra Parmalee Prentice, was 39 and his mother, Alta Rockefeller, was 31. He married Abra Blanche Cantrell on 11 August 1941, in Jackson, Alabama, United States. He lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1915 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1962. He died on 13 June 1972, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Lake Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States.
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- John R Prentice in household of Parmela S Prentice, "United States Census, 1910"
- John Rockefeller Prentice, "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
- John R Prentice, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1905 · The Industrial Workers of the World
The Industrial Workers of the World was founded after a convention was held by radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies of the American Federation of Labor. The IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions. The convention took place on June 24 and was referred by the workers as the Industrial Congress or the Industrial Union Convention. The IWW aimed to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English (East Anglia): from Middle English prentis, prentiz, a shortened form of apprentis ‘apprentice’ (Anglo-Norman French apprenti(e)z, prentiz, prentice, from Old French aprendre ‘to learn, to understand’, Latin appre(he)ndere ‘to understand, grasp’), denoting someone learning a craft or trade, but probably originating as a nickname in the case of the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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