Charles Benjamin Ham

MaleFebruary 1874–24 October 1901

Brief Life History of Charles Benjamin

When Charles Benjamin Ham was born in February 1874, in Washington, United States, his father, Charles Ham, was 49 and his mother, Louisa Jane Waymire, was 36. He died on 24 October 1901, at the age of 27, and was buried in Colfax, Whitman, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Ham
1825–1913
Louisa Jane Waymire
1837–1916
Frances Caroline Ham
1853–1947
John M. Ham
1861–1934
Harriet A " Hattie" Ham
1856–1926
Amanda Jane Ham
1857–1941
M M Ham
1857–
Mary Jane Ham Wheeler
1859–1939
Samuel Henry Ham
1865–
William E Ham
1869–
Charles Benjamin Ham
1874–1901
Alice Pearl Ham
1879–1961

Sources (3)

  • Benjamin Ham in household of Charles Ham, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles Benjamin Ham - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles Benjamin Ham
  • Charles Benjamin Hamm, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 1

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

Age 1

During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 8

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Korean Young, Ok, Nam, Chul, Eun Hee, Eun Young, Hae Jung, Il Hwa.

English (mainly southwestern) and German: variant of Hamm .

Dutch: topographic name from ham ‘land in a river bend’, ‘enclosed meadow’, or a habitational name from any of several country houses and places called De(n) Ham. Compare Van Ham and Vanderham .

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

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