Erwin Dickey

Brief Life History of Erwin

When Erwin Dickey was born on 22 March 1856, in Kankakee, Illinois, United States, his father, Volney Dickey, was 22 and his mother, Julia Kyle Hayden, was 22. He married Mary Elizabeth Smith on 11 February 1874, in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Spearfish, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States in 1920 and Riverside, Riverside, California, United States in 1930. He died on 19 February 1936, at the age of 79, and was buried in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erwin Dickey
1856–1936
Mary Elizabeth Smith
1855–1941
Marriage: 11 February 1874
Melvin Dickey
1877–
Willie Dickey
1880–1895
Gertrude Elizabeth Dickey
1882–1957
Arther Dickey
1883–1968
Lora Dickey
1886–1964
Julia Dickey
1888–1973
Leroy Dickey
1891–1970
Clinton E Dickey
1893–1945

Sources (22)

  • Ervin Dickey, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Edwin Dickey, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Erwin Dickey, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

World Events (8)

1857 · Oldest tobacco shop in the Country

Iwan Ries and Company is one of the oldest family owned tobacco companies in North America and was originally owned by Edward Hoffman. Realizing that he could not run the company alone, Hoffman recruited his nephew, Iwan Ries to join him. The name of the Company changed from E. Hoffman and Co. when Edward Hoffman retired in 1898.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dickie , from a pet form of the personal name Dick 1.

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

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